Pennsylvania Route 981
{{Short description|State highway in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=PA
|type=PA
|route=981
|map={{maplink-road}}
|map_custom=yes
|length_mi=50.483
- [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/Bureaus/BOMO/RM/RITS/Annual%20Electronic%20SLDs%20by%20County/District%2012/Westmoreland%20Co.%20No%20Pipes.pdf Westmoreland County] {{webarchive|url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110217051658/ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/Bureaus/BOMO/RM/RITS/Annual%20Electronic%20SLDs%20by%20County/District%2012/Westmoreland%20Co.%20No%20Pipes.pdf |date=2011-02-17 }} (PDF)
|length_round=3
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{jct|state=PA|PA|51}} at Rostraver Township
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{jct|state=PA|PA|819}} near Salina
|junction={{jct|state=PA|US|30}} near Lawson Heights
{{jct|state=PA|US|22|US|119}} near New Alexandria
|counties=Westmoreland
|previous_type=PA
|previous_route=980
|next_type=PA
|next_route=982
}}
Pennsylvania Route 981 (PA 981) is a state highway which runs {{convert|50.4|mi|km}} across Westmoreland County, in southwestern Pennsylvania, United States. The highway begins at PA 51 in Rostraver Township, Pennsylvania, and runs northward across Westmoreland County, passing through the towns of Mount Pleasant, Latrobe, and New Alexandria before ending at PA 819 in Salina.{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=PA-981+S&daddr=40.1440318,-79.5826462+to:40.1582951,-79.5433727+to:40.3498962,-79.3794919+to:PA-819+N&hl=en&ll=40.346021,-79.633713&spn=0.435928,0.891953&sll=40.158246,-79.539642&sspn=0.027321,0.055747&geocode=FcWoZAIdbr8--w%3BFZ-MZAIdSqpB-ylf5qq8vyc1iDFhKSVf1fjsBQ%3BFVfEZAIdtENC-yk3w4kqHCg1iDFTyVm-xm47ow%3BFciwZwId3cNE-ylVzhTHKjPLiTHMsTO5NtKDGg%3BFZ9GagIdYsZC-w&mra=dpe&mrsp=2&sz=15&via=1,2,3&t=m&z=11 |accessdate=February 15, 2014}}
Route description
PA 981 begins at PA 51 in Rostraver Township. From Rostraver, the route runs eastward to the borough of Mount Pleasant, where it meets PA 31. PA 981 then turns northward, meeting US 30 outside the city of Latrobe, near the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport. The route then continues northward through Latrobe, passing by Saint Vincent College in Latrobe. Continuing northward, PA 981 meets US 119 and US 22 at the borough of New Alexandria. The route then ends at PA 819 near Salina.
History
PA 981 previously ended at PA 156, but was extended in 1998 to its current terminus at PA 819.[http://www.pahighways.com/state/PA951-999.html#PA981 Pennsylvania Highways: Route 981]{{unreliable source?|failed=y|date=February 2014}}
PennDOT began construction in 2006 to improve the intersection between PA 981 and US 30 near Latrobe.[http://www.sr30and981improvements.com/ PennDOT: State Route 981 and U.S. 30 Improvements Project] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213133158/http://www.sr30and981improvements.com/ |date=February 13, 2008 }}
In 2021, A petition to rename a section of Pennsylvania Route 981 as Honorable Mike Reese Memorial Highway from Kecksburg Road in Mount Pleasant Township Pennsylvania, to Pennsylvania Route 819 in Mount Pleasant Township was approved by the state legislature and became official on August 11, 2021, in a special ceremony dedicated to honor the late Pennsylvania State Representative Mike Reese.[https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/road-sign-honoring-late-rep-reese-unveiled/?fbclid=IwAR2bEW1KmNhuKMO2oCUov1CfvD-8hKNDjSn_dtWmBCAwivO7EhnYqngp12Y PA 981 Renaming: Honorable Mike Reese Memorial Highway]
Major intersections
{{jcttop|length_ref=|state=PA|county=Westmoreland}}
{{PAint
|feet=0
|location=Rostraver Township
|ctdab=Westmoreland
|road={{jct|state=PA|PA|51|city1=Uniontown|location2=Pittsburgh}}
|notes=Southern terminus
}}
{{jctbridge |location_special=Youghiogheny River |bridge=Smithton Low-Level Bridge |mile=1.594 |mile2=1.656}}
{{PAint
|feet=72964
|location=Mount Pleasant
|lspan=2
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=PA|PA|31|dir1=west|name1=West Main Street}}
|notes=South end of PA 31 overlap
}}
{{PAint
|feet=74905
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=PA|PA|31|dir1=east|name1=West Main Street}}
|notes=North end of PA 31 overlap
}}
{{PAint
|feet=81079
|location=Mount Pleasant Township
|ctdab=Westmoreland
|road={{jct|state=PA|PA|819}}
}}
{{PAint
|feet=121761
|location=Unity Township
|ctdab=Westmoreland
|lspan=3
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=PA|PA|130|dir1=west|name1=Main Street}}
|notes=South end of PA 130 overlap
}}
{{PAint
|feet=124291
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=PA|PA|130|dir1=east|location1=Lycippus}}
|notes=North end of PA 130 overlap
}}
{{PAint
|feet=149284
|road={{jct|state=PA|US|30|name1=Lincoln Highway|city1=Greensburg|city2=Ligonier}}
}}
{{PAint
|feet=201530
|location=Derry Township
|ctdab=Westmoreland
|road={{jct|state=PA|US|22|US|119|name2=William Penn Highway|city1=Pittsburgh|city2=Ebensburg}}
}}
{{PAint
|feet=242308
|location=Loyalhanna Township
|ctdab=Westmoreland
|lspan=2
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=PA|PA|286|dir1=east|city1=Saltsburg|name1=Washington Street}}
|notes=South end of PA 286 overlap
}}
{{PAint
|feet=243353
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=PA|PA|286|dir1=west|name1=Waukeena Road}}
|notes=North end of PA 286 overlap
}}
{{PAint
|location=Bell Township
|ctdab=Westmoreland
|lspan=2
|feet=256576
|road={{jct|state=PA|PA|156|dir1=north|city1=Avonmore}}
|notes=Southern terminus of PA 156
}}
{{PAint
|feet=266549
|road={{jct|state=PA|PA|819|city1=Slickville|city2=Apollo}}
|notes=Northern terminus
}}
{{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
See also
- {{Portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}
- {{Portal-inline|Pennsylvania}}
References
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External links
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- [https://www.pahighways.com/state/PA951-999.html#PA981 Pennsylvania Highways: PA 981]
Category:Transportation in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania