Route 179 (Pennsylvania–New Jersey)

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PA 179 begins at an intersection with US 202 in Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, heading east on two-lane undivided West Bridge Street through commercial areas. The road crosses into the borough of New Hope and passes near a shopping center and more businesses. Farther east, the route gains a center left-turn lane and enters more residential surroundings as it passes New Hope-Solebury High School. From this point, PA 179 loses the center left-turn lane and passes more homes. Upon crossing the New Hope Railroad at-grade south of New Hope station and crossing over the Delaware Canal, the route heads into the downtown of New Hope and intersects PA 32. PA 179 continues east as East Bridge Street to the New Hope-Lambertville Bridge over the Delaware River.{{cite map|publisher=ADC Map|title=Bucks County, Pennsylvania |year=2006|edition=19th|scale= 1"=2000'|isbn=0-87530-774-4}}{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=US+202+and+PA+179&daddr=40.360846,-74.971446+to:40.36147,-74.96968+to:40.3836193,-74.9242934+to:US-202+and+Old+York+Road+larisons+corners,+nj&geocode=FVvdZwIdBwaI-ylJjjPspgDEiTFaMrjv2Qu6yw%3BFY7bZwIdygaI-ymHFZLppgDEiTGD7bQGyww-SA%3BFf7dZwIdsA2I-ynN5nEdpwDEiTGgCpV3AciEDw%3BFYM0aAId-76I-ynLm1zW3vjDiTFDXeYzvOBNLQ%3BFSASaQIdG8KJ-ynXoI8_p_DDiTE6l9nWDD5nLQ&hl=en&mra=ls&via=1,2,3&sll=40.360509,-74.9683&sspn=0.014715,0.042272&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=12 |title=overview of Pennsylvania and New Jersey Route 179 |access-date=2011-02-28}}

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File:2018-06-14 09 05 51 View south along New Jersey State Route 179 at Hunterdon County Route 605 (Queen Road) and Hunterdon County Route 601 (Mount Airy Village Road) in West Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.jpg

At the middle of the New Hope-Lambertville Bridge, the road enters the city of Lambertville in Hunterdon County, New Jersey and becomes Route 179. It heads east through Lambertville on Bridge Street through the downtown area. At the intersection with Main Street, Route 29 joins Route 179 for a block, forming a wrong-way concurrency At the end of the concurrency, Route 29 turns south onto Route 165 and Route 179 turns north. From here the road continues northeast as the four-lane, undivided Thomas Paine Highway, entering West Amwell Township, where the road heads into farmland and narrows to two lanes. In East Amwell Township, the route intersects CR 603, CR 601, and CR 605 (Queen Road), which heads to an interchange with the US 202 freeway.

The road eventually forms the border between West Amwell and East Amwell Township. Route 179 intersects the US 202 freeway at a partial cloverleaf interchange, where the route is entirely in East Amwell Township. Past this interchange, the route runs along the West Amwell/East Amwell township line until it entirely enters East Amwell Township again and heads into the residential community of Ringoes. In Ringoes, Route 179 intersects the old Route 31 (now CR 579), forming a brief concurrency that lasts with that route until CR 579 heads north on John Ringo Road. Route 179 continues northeast through residential areas on Old York Road to its terminus at the combined US 202/Route 31, where Old York Road continues to the northeast as CR 514.

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File:2021-09-27 10 30 33 View south along New Jersey State Route 179 (Old York Road) from the overpass for U.S. Route 202 on the border of East Amwell Township and West Amwell Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.jpg

The current alignment of PA 179 and Route 179 was a part of Old York Road, a historical 18th-century road that connected Philadelphia to New York City.{{cite web|url=http://www.nynjctbotany.org/njnbtofc/lambertvilletwn.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060529133256/http://www.nynjctbotany.org/njnbtofc/lambertvilletwn.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=May 29, 2006|title=History of the City of Lambertville|publisher=NY-NJ-CT Botany Online|access-date=2009-01-26}} With the establishment of the U.S. Highway System in 1926, the route was designated as a part of US 122, which became US 202 in the mid-1930s.{{cite map|url=http://www.mapsofpa.com/art5pics/251c.jpg|title=Pennsylvania Highway Map (eastern side)|publisher=Gulf Oil|year=1926|access-date=2007-12-26}}{{cite map|url=http://www.mapsofpa.com/roadcart/1927_2043m.jpg|title=Pennsylvania Highway Map|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Highways|year=1927|access-date=2007-12-26}}{{cite map|publisher=Mid-West Map Co.|title= Map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey |year=1937|url=http://www.mapsofpa.com/roadcart/1937_1044m.jpg|access-date=2009-03-29}} In Pennsylvania, the route was initially cosigned with PA 52; that designation was removed by 1930.{{cite map|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Highways|title=Tourist Map of Pennsylvania|url=http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_PDF_FILES/MAPS/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1930fr.pdf|year=1930|access-date=January 27, 2011|format=PDF|archive-date=March 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307043121/http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_PDF_FILES/MAPS/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1930fr.pdf|url-status=dead}} Prior to the 1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering, today's Route 179 was composed of three state routes: Route S29, designated in 1949 from the New Hope-Lambertville Bridge into Lambertville, a part of Route 29 from Lambertville to Ringoes that was designated in 1927, and a concurrency of Routes 29 and 30 northeast from Ringoes that was also designated in 1927.State of New Jersey, Laws of 1927, Chapter 319.State of New Jersey, Laws of 1948, Chapter 407. In the original 1927 plan, Route 29 would have continued northeast from the end of Route 179 along current CR 514, but it was instead modified to continue north with Route 30 to Flemington and using what had been planned as Route 12 to Somerville.{{cite map|publisher=Mid-West Map Co.|title= Map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey |year=1941|cartography=H.M. Gousha|url=http://www.mapsofpa.com/roadcart/1941_1467m.jpg|access-date=2009-03-29}}

In the 1953 renumbering, the Route S29 and Route 29 designations were removed from the route in favor of US 202, with Route 29 was realigned to follow former Route 29A to Frenchtown. In addition, Route 30 became Route 69 (now Route 31) to avoid conflicting with US 30 in South Jersey.{{Cite journal|title=1953 renumbering|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1953_New_Jersey_state_highway_renumbering|publisher=New Jersey Department of Highways|access-date=July 31, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628183145/http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1953_New_Jersey_state_highway_renumbering|archive-date=June 28, 2011}} The bypass of Ringoes for US 202 and Route 69 was opened in the 1960s, and Route 179 was designated along the old alignment of US 202 within Ringoes.{{cite map|publisher=Chevron Oil Company|title= Map of New Jersey |year=1969|cartography=H.M. Gousha}} The new US 202 freeway between the New Hope-Lambertville Toll Bridge and Route 179 southwest of Ringoes was completed in October 1974. As a result, Route 179 was extended along the old US 202 alignment to the state line in Lambertville and PA 179 was designated along the former US 202 through New Hope.{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000202__-.pdf|title=US 202 Straight Line Diagram|work=Internet Archives WayBack Machine|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|year=2006|access-date=2012-04-11 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060318041255/http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000202__-.pdf |archive-date = 2006-03-18}} Solebury Township is pushing for a roundabout at the intersection of US 202 and PA 179."Roundabouts live up to hype" The Intelligencer, January 7, 2008

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• [https://www.pahighways.com/state/PA151-200.html#PA179 Pennsylvania Highways: PA 179]
• [https://www.aaroads.com/guides/pa-179/ PA 179 at AARoads.com]
• [https://www.aaroads.com/guides/nj-179/ Route 179 at AARoads.com]
• [https://www.alpsroads.net/roads/pa/pa_179/ Pennsylvania Roads: PA 179]
• [http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/nj/log/10.html#179 New Jersey Roads: Route 179]
• [http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/nj/nj_179/ New Jersey Roads: Route 179 Photos]
• [http://www.njroads.org/ends/179/nj179.htm New Jersey Highway Ends - 179]
• [http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/enlarged_view_50.pdf Enlarged view of the confluence of NJ 29, NJ 165 and NJ 179 in Lambertville]
• [http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/traffic_orders/speed/rt179.shtm Speed Limits for State Roads: Route 179]

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