Talk:Pennsylvania Route 31

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Historic maps

= Pennsylvania statewide maps =

[ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1911.pdf 1911]
[ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1930fr.pdf 1930 (front)]
[ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1940fr.pdf 1940 (front)]
[ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1950fr.pdf 1950 (front)]
[ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1960fr.pdf 1960 (front)]
[ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1970fr.pdf 1970 (front)]
[ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1980fr.pdf 1980 (front)]
[ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1989fr.pdf 1989 (front)]

If these maps don't show western pennsylvania or PA 31, contact me.

= Westmoreland County =

1941 map [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Westmoreland_1941_Sheet_1.pdf Sheet 1] and [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Westmoreland_1941_Sheet_2.pdf Sheet 2]
1960 map [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Westmoreland_1960_Sheet_1.pdf Sheet 1] and [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Westmoreland_1960_Sheet_2.pdf Sheet 2]
1977 map [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Westmoreland_1977_Sheet_1.pdf Sheet 1], [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Westmoreland_1977_Sheet_2.pdf Sheet 2], and [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Westmoreland_1977_Sheet_3.pdf Sheet 3]
1991 map [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Westmoreland_1991_Sheet_1.pdf Sheet 1] and [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Westmoreland_1991_Sheet_2.pdf Sheet 2]
2000 map [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Westmoreland_2000_Sheet_1.pdf Sheet 1] and [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Westmoreland_2000_Sheet_2.pdf Sheet 2]
2002 map [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Westmoreland_2002_Sheet_1.pdf Sheet 1] and [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Westmoreland_2002_Sheet_2.pdf Sheet 2]
2004 map [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Westmoreland_2004_Sheet_1.pdf Sheet 1] and [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Westmoreland_2004_Sheet_2.pdf Sheet 2]

= Fayette County=

1941 map [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Fayette_1941_Sheet_1.pdf Sheet 1] and [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Fayette_1941_Sheet_2.pdf Sheet 2]
1958 map [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Fayette_1958_Sheet_1.pdf Sheet 1] and [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Fayette_1958_Sheet_2.pdf Sheet 2]

= Somerset County =

1941 map [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Somerset_1941_Sheet_1.pdf Sheet 1] and [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Somerset_1941_Sheet_2.pdf Sheet 2]
1963 map [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Somerset_1963_Sheet_1.pdf Sheet 1] and [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Somerset_1963_Sheet_2.pdf Sheet 2]
1977 map [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Somerset_1977_Sheet_1.pdf Sheet 1] and [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Somerset_1977_Sheet_2.pdf Sheet 2]
1990 map [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Somerset_1990_Sheet_1.pdf Sheet 1] and [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Somerset_1990_Sheet_2.pdf Sheet 2]
[ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Somerset_1995.pdf 1995 map]
[ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Somerset_2000.pdf 2000 map]
[ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Somerset_2002.pdf 2002 map]
[ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Somerset_2005.pdf 2005 map]

= Bedford County =

[ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Bedford_1938.pdf 1938 map]
[ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Bedford_1941.pdf 1941 map]
[ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Bedford_1963.pdf 1963 map]
[ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Bedford_1982.pdf 1982 map]
[ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Bedford_1990.pdf 1990 map]
[ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Bedford_1995.pdf 1995 map]
[ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Bedford_2000.pdf 2000 map]
[ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Bedford_2002.pdf 2002 map]
[ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Bedford_2004.pdf 2004 map]
[ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Bedford_2005.pdf 2005 map]

If you need links for more maps you can contact my talk page. --JA10 ^{T · C} 04:55, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

More notes

Following the Indian Trail of the same name, Glades Road was completed in 1772 and led from Bedford to Somerset. The road became modern day PA Route 31, went through the towns of Mount Pleasant, West Newton, Monongahela, and Washington that had organized underground railroads.{{cite book |last=Switala |first=William J. |title=Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania|year=2001 |publisher=Stackpole Books|isbn=0811716295}} -- JA10 ^{T · C} 05:56, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

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Somerset, the county seat, was laid out in 1795, incorporated as a borough on March 5, 1804 and was located on the turnpike road leading from Bedford to Pittsburgh, now known at Route 31.

:write this information in your own words from [http://www.rootsweb.com/~pasomers/history.htm#bedford this website]. --JA10 ^{T · C} 03:44, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Former 131

At Buena Road near PA 96. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.172.241.112 (talk) 15:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC).

:I know what this annon is saying. I found out that PA 131 was at Buena Road east of PA 96 in Manns Choice according to the 1930 state map. -- JA10 ^{T · C} 21:00, 14 May 2007 (UTC)