Pennsylvania Route 848

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PA 848 begins at an intersection with US 11 (Main Street) in New Milford. The route runs east towards Cobb Street, making a bend to the southeast. Passing through a residential area, the route leaves the borough of New Milford and enters the township of New Milford. The surroundings become more rural, and at the intersection with State Route 2061 (SR 2061), the route curves to the southeast into a dense forested area. PA 848 remains a two-lane road through New Milford Township. The route soon reaches SR 2063 (Far Hill Road) and later with SR 2081 (Oliver Road), which serves as the connection between Interstate 81's (I-81) exit 219 southbound and PA 848. After crossing over I-81, PA 848 intersects the northbound ramps before returning to the rural Gibson Township. After the intersection with Creek Road, PA 848 enters the village of Gibson, where it terminates at an intersection with PA 547 and Township Road 574.{{bing maps|url=http://www.bing.com/maps/#Y3A9NDEuODM3ODEyMTkzNzM5Mzl+LTc1LjY4NzU3NDQ0NjIwMTMyJmx2bD0xMyZzdHk9ciZydHA9cG9zLjQxLjgwMzA3MzExMDI3OTg4Xy03NS42NDc3NDg3NDcyNTQ5X25lYXIlMjBIYXJmb3JkJTIwUmQlMkMlMjBIYXJmb3JkJTJDJTIwUEElMjAxODgyM19fX2FffnYuNDEuODQ4MDkzOTk5OTk5OTlfLTc1LjcxMzg1ODAwMDAwMDAzX1BBLTg0OCUyMCUyRiUyMFBBLTIwNjMlMjAlMkYlMjBIYXJmb3JkJTIwUmR+cG9zLjQxLjg3MTU3NzE1MTIwMzg5NF8tNzUuNzI3NDAzOTU0NzYzMjJfbmVhciUyMEhhcmZvcmQlMjBSZCUyQyUyME5ldyUyME1pbGZvcmQlMkMlMjBQQSUyMDE4ODM0X19fYV8mbW9kZT1EJnJ0b3A9MH4wfjB+|title=Overview map of Pennsylvania Route 848|access-date=October 7, 2011}}

{{see also|Pennsylvania Route 371#History}}

The route of PA 848 began as an alignment of the Cochecton and Great Bend Turnpike (a portion of the Great Bend and Newburgh Turnpike), a 19th Century turnpike built from Great Bend, Pennsylvania, to Newburgh, New York. The road was completed in Pennsylvania in 1811, five years after construction began.{{cite book|last=Blackman|first=Emily C.|title=History of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania: from a period preceding its settlement to recent times|publisher=Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger|year=1873|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofsusqueh00blac/page/510 510]|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofsusqueh00blac|quote=Great Bend and Newburgh Turnpike.|access-date=November 2, 2009}} The turnpike did not fare after the mid-1800s, with the road abandoned in 1853.{{cite web|url=http://www.livingplaces.com/PA/Wayne_County/Damascus_Township/Damascus_Historic_District.html|title=Damascus Historic District|year=2009|publisher=The Living Group|access-date=November 2, 2009}} When the modern state highway system for Pennsylvania debuted in 1928, the alignment of future PA 371 was not included.{{cite map|title=Map Showing Pennsylvania State Highways|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Highways|year=1928}} In 1936, PA 371 was designated on its alignment from New Milford to the New York state line;{{cite map|title=Map Showing Pennsylvania State Highways|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Highways|year=1936}} however, this would only last sixteen years, as the Pennsylvania Department of Highways truncated PA 371 back to the intersection with PA 171 in Union Dale, further east in Susquehanna County.{{cite map|title=Pennsylvania Official Road Map|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Highways|year=1954}}

In April 1961, PA 848 was designated from Gibson to New Milford as part of the construction of I-81 to make sure interchanges were with numbered routes.{{cite news|title=Changes in Highway Route Numbers Listed for Northeast Pennsylvania|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2961556/mass_changes_april_1961/|access-date=August 5, 2015|work=The Evening Times|date=April 24, 1961|location=Sayre, PA|page=10|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}} The rest of the alignment was designated part of PA 374 from Lyon Street (west of Union Dale) to Union Dale.{{cite map|title=Pennsylvania Official Road Map|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Highways|year=1961}} The rest was later designated Township Road 945 from Gibson to PA 92 intersection and SR 2034 from PA 92 to PA 374.{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Royal+PA&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=48.50801,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Royal,+Susquehanna,+Pennsylvania&ll=41.770864,-75.56654&spn=0.044938,0.109863&z=14|title= Township Road 945 & State Route 2034 map|access-date=March 25, 2011}}

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Pennsylvania Route 848 Truck was a truck route of PA 848 bypassing a weight-restricted bridge over a branch of Butler Creek in Gibson Township, on which trucks over 27 tons and combination loads over 36 tons were prohibited. It followed I-81 and PA 547. The route was signed in 2013.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/41.8245206,-75.6810378/41.8030701,-75.6477199/@41.8049096,-75.6829105,4745m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-75.6746534!2d41.7910036!3s0x89db2866bcdc6df5:0x440c2844191f8d67!1m0!3e0|title=overview of Pennsylvania Route 848 Truck|access-date=May 3, 2016}}{{cite web|title=Risk-Based Bridge Postings - State and Local Bridges|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Transportation|date=October 8, 2013|url=http://www.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/InfoBridge/PennDOT-Risk-Based-Postings_REPORT_all-bridges-by-county.pdf|access-date=January 20, 2016}} The bridge was reconstructed in 2016, effectively deleting the route.{{Cite web|title=Bridge Condition Summary Report|url=https://gis.penndot.gov/paprojects/Reports/BridgeConditionsReport.aspx?aoiType=county&aoiValue=09|access-date=2021-03-18|website=gis.penndot.gov}}

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• [http://www.pahighways.com/state/PA801-850.html#PA848 Pennsylvania Highways: PA 848]

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Category:Transportation in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania