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Blakely and Green Ridge streets in Dunmore. US 11/PA 307 was removed from the southern terminus of PA 347 in the 1980s, leaving the route terminating at an unnumbered road. The southern terminus of PA 347 was cut back to SR 2020 at the intersection of Drinker and Blakely
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Wallsville. The south end was cut back to a realigned US 6 (now US 6 Bus.) north of Dickson City in the 1950s. In 1961, the north end was cut back to PA 632, with PA 524 replacing the east-west section running to PA 407. PA 347 was extended south to
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766:PA 524
729:PA 632
310:located in
287:PA 348
272:PA 346
252:Legislative
165:PA 524
143:PA 632
1445:Categories
1100:January 1,
946:January 1,
818:References
687:Carbondale
645:Carbondale
637:Binghamton
522:concurrent
232:Interstate
205:Lackawanna
112:in Dunmore
1228:August 5,
1222:Sayre, PA
633:US 6
479:US 6 Bus.
110:US 6
1409:KML file
1032:June 24,
968:Gulf Oil
787:See also
683:Scranton
635: –
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458:Olyphant
340:Olyphant
332:Scranton
201:Counties
176:Location
108: /
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869:(Map).
848:May 29,
655:Blakely
594:Dunmore
508:History
470:Blakely
421:Dunmore
350:(I-81)/
344:Blakely
320:Dunmore
181:Country
133:Blakely
81:Dunmore
63:Existed
49:PennDOT
998:May 7,
970:. 1926
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741:10.996
707:15.147
555:PA 307
543:PA 407
538:PA 247
534:PA 147
518:US 106
502:PA 524
498:PA 632
494:Justus
449:Throop
400:PA 307
391:PA 407
383:PA 247
379:PA 147
367:US 106
360:PA 632
342:, and
336:Throop
324:PA 524
304:PA 347
247:Scenic
55:Length
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