Pennsylvania Route 729
{{Short description|State highway in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=PA
|type=PA
|route=729
|length_mi=22.077
|length_round=3
|length_ref={{cite web|url=http://www.pasda.psu.edu/uci/SearchResults.aspx?originator=Pennsylvania+Department+of+Transportation&Keyword=&sessionID=5419057282012122415330&searchType=originator&entry=PASDA |title=Pennsylvania state roads |work=Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access |year=2013 |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Transportation |accessdate=March 14, 2013}}
|map={{maplink-road}}
|map_custom=yes
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{jct|state=PA|PA|253|PA|453}} in Gulich Township
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{jct|state=PA|US|219|PA|879}} in Grampian
|counties=Clearfield
|previous_type=PA
|previous_route=724
|next_type=PA
|next_route=731
|browse={{pa browse|previous_type=PA 1926|previous_route=824|route=20px|next_type=PA 1926|next_route=826}}
}}
Pennsylvania Route 729 (PA 729) is a {{convert|22.07|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}, north–south state highway located in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at PA 253/PA 453 in Gulich Township. The northern terminus is at US 219/PA 879 in Grampain.
Route description
PA 729 is known by two names along its route. The two names it goes by are Main Street, and more commonly, the Tyrone Turnpike.
The route begins at the village of Janesville at an intersection of PA 253/PA 453. The route heads northwest to the borough of Glen Hope, where the route has an intersection with PA 53. The route continues north to the village of Lumber City. In the village, the route has a short concurrency with PA 969. The route continues north to the borough of Grampian, where the route terminates at an intersection with US 219 and PA 879.{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=PA-729+N%2FVeterans+St&daddr=Grandview+Rd&hl=en&sll=40.861083,-78.513107&sspn=0.212397,0.445976&geocode=FTDrbQIdeXVT-w%3BFSwQcQIdA4NQ-w&mra=prev&t=m&z=12 |accessdate=May 12, 2013}}
History
PA 729 was first signed in 1930, but as a short route in Berks County, from PA 100 (Then PA 62) to PA 29. In the mid-1940s, the route was decommissioned, but in 1969, the route number was revived for its current location today.{{citation needed|date=May 2013}} A very small portion of the current route was signed as PA 825 during the 1930s and early 1940s.{{cite web |url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1930fr.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-01-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110705143935/ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1930fr.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-05 }} {{Cite web |date=1977 |title=General Highway Map Clearfield County Pennsylvania |url=https://gis.penndot.pa.gov/BPR_PDF_FILES/MAPS/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Clearfield_1977_Sheet_1.pdf |website=gis.penndot.pa.gov}}
Major intersections
{{PAinttop|length_ref=|county=Clearfield}}
{{PAint
|location=Gulich Township
|mile=0.000
|road={{jct|state=PA|PA|253|PA|453|name2=Viola Pike|city1=Glasgow|city2=Tyrone|city3=Houtzdale|city4=Curwensville}}
|notes=Southern terminus
}}
{{PAint
|location=Glen Hope
|mile=5.778
|road={{jct|state=PA|PA|53|name1=Glen Hope Boulevard|city1=Coalport|location2=Philipsburg}}
}}
{{PAint
|location=Ferguson Township
|ctdab=Clearfield
|lspan=2
|type=concur
|mile=17.870
|road={{jct|state=PA|PA|969|dir1=east|name1=Lumber City Highway|city1=Curwensville}}
|notes=Southern terminus of concurrency
}}
{{PAint
|type=concur
|mile=18.213
|road={{jct|state=PA|PA|969|dir1=west|name1=Lumber City Highway|city1=Mahaffey}}
|notes=Northern terminus of concurrency
}}
{{PAint
|location=Grampian
|mile=22.077
|road={{jct|state=PA|US|219|PA|879|dir2=north|name2=Main Street / First Street|city1=Clearfield|city2=DuBois|city3=Ebensburg}}
|notes=Northern terminus
}}
{{Jctbtm|keys=concur}}
See also
- {{Portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}
- {{Portal-inline|Pennsylvania}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{commons category|Pennsylvania Route 729}}
{{Attached KML|display=title,inline}}
- [https://www.pahighways.com/state/PA701-750.html#PA729 Pennsylvania Highways: PA 729]