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PA 59(E-W)/PA 321(N-S) Duplex

 

Pennsylvania Routes 59 and 321 join for 2 miles through Klondike in McKean County.

Douglas Kerr 4/11/04

Northbound on PA 321 at the western split of the duplex with PA 59.

 

Douglas Kerr 4/11/04

The view of the same intersection from PA 59 eastbound. The duplex begins straight ahead.

 

Douglas Kerr 4/11/04

Reassurance shields eastbound. Marshburg lies just past the eastern split.

 

Douglas Kerr 4/11/04

The eastern split of PA 59/PA 321. A left turn leads to PA 321 north, which follows the pre-flooding routing of PA 59. In the 1960s, the Allegheny River was dammed to create the Allegheny Reservoir. In the process, parts of PA 59 and PA 346 were permanently submerged, along with the communities of Corydon, Cowango, Cornplanter, and Kinzua. A new PA 321 bypasses the submerged roadway to the northwest, and PA 59 was rerouted due westward on a new alignment.

 

Douglas Kerr 4/11/04

Now heading westbound along the duplex. This part of PA 59 was built to avoid the submerged roadway, and the Kinzua Dam created the reservoir.

 

Douglas Kerr 4/11/04

The routes split ahead. PA 59 continues west to join its pre-flooding alignment past the reservoir, and PA 321 turns southwestward to connect to the part of PA 68 that was also submerged.

 

 

Local Names

East	Route 59
North	Route 321
Duplex	Route 59
West	Route 59
South	Route 321

 

Terraserver Imagery

• 1977 Topo. · PA 59/PA 321 duplex
• 1993 Aerial · PA 59/PA 321 eastern split
• 1993 Aerial · PA 59/PA 321 western split

Former Designations

	1965–1973	PA 59 was relocated.
	1973–	PA 321 was extended northward over PA 59.

 

Adjacent Multiplexes

	East to Marshburg
	South to Kane