Cedar Crest Boulevard: Difference between revisions

|allocation={{jct|state=PA|PA|29}} from [[Emmaus, Pennsylvania|Emmaus]] to [[Dorneyville, Pennsylvania|Dorneyville]]<br>{{jct|state=PA|QR|1019|dab1=Lehigh|nolink1=yes}} from Dorneyville to [[North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania|North Whitehall Township]]

|junction={{jct|state=PA|I|78|PA|309}} near [[Dorneyville, Pennsylvania|Dorneyville]]<br>{{jct|state=PA|PA|222}} near [[Dorneyville, Pennsylvania|Dorneyville]]<br>[[State Route 1002 (Lehigh County, Pennsylvania)|Tilghman Street]] in [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]] <br>{{jct|state=PA|US|22}} in [[South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania|South Whitehall Township]]<br>Walbert Avenue in [[South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania|South Whitehall Township]]

|terminus_b= Mauch Chunk Road in [[North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania|North Whitehall Township]]

The boulevard is 9.5 miles in length and passes through [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], the third -most populous city in Pennsylvania and county seat of Lehigh County. Its southern terminus is in [[Emmaus, Pennsylvania|Emmaus]] at Chestnut Street and its northern terminus is in [[North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania|North Whitehall Township]] at Mauch Chunk Road. It also is a junction onto I-78, a major east-west highway between [[Lebanon County, Pennsylvania|Lebanon County]] in the west and the [[Holland Tunnel]] and [[Lower Manhattan]] in the east.

Cedar Crest Boulevard begins at an intersection with [[Pennsylvania Route 29|PA 29]] (Chestnut Street) in [[Emmaus, Pennsylvania|Emmaus]] in [[Lehigh County, Pennsylvania|Lehigh County]], heading northwest as a two-lane undivided road that passes through residential areas to the southwest of [[Emmaus High School]] and then through a section of [[Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania|Upper Milford Township]]. It then crosses the border between Emmaus to the east and [[Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania|Lower Macungie Township]] to the west and curves north as it enters Lower Macungie Township, where it crosses [[Little Lehigh Creek]] and then a mix of fields, woods, and homes and passes to the west of Lehigh Country Club.

Past the interchange, SR 1019 interchange becomes a two-lane undivided road, passing through several suburban residential neighborhoods before entering [[South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania|South Whitehall Township]]. Cedar Crest Boulevard comes to an intersection with a [[one-way pair]] carrying [[Pennsylvania Route 222|PA 222]] in a business area in [[Dorneyville, Pennsylvania|Dorneyville]] just east of [[Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom]]. The [[Da Vinci Science Center]] is located at the northeast corner of PA 222 southbound and Cedar Crest Boulevard. Following this, the road serves as the border between South Whitehall Township to the west and the [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]] border to the east and west of [[Cedar Crest College]]. Cedar Crest Boulevard continues near homes and businesses in the western part of Allentown as a three-lane road with a [[center left-turn lane]], crossing [[Lehigh Parkway]], and then forming the eastern border of [[Trexler Park]].

SR 1019 then crosses [[State Route 1002 (Lehigh County, Pennsylvania)|SR 1002]] (Tilghman Street) in a commercial section of Allentown and then continues through residential areas as a two-lane road and entering South Whitehall Township. The road comes to an interchange with the [[U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania|US 22]] freeway and then enters business areas. After crossing SR 1006 (Walbert Avenue) in [[Wennersville, Pennsylvania|Wennersville]], Cedar Crest Boulevard passes through a mix of farmland and woodland with some development. The road crosses [[Jordan Creek (Pennsylvania)|Jordan Creek]] and then under [[Norfolk Southern]]'s [[Catasauqua and Fogelsville Railroad|C&F Secondary]] before passing [[Parkland High School (Pennsylvania)|Parkland High School]] to its east. SR 1019 then continues through rural areas and enters [[North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania|North Whitehall Township]], where it comes to its northern terminus at an intersection with SR 1017, which is also known as Mauch Chunk Road.<ref name=GM/><ref name=PennDOTLehigh/>

In 1928, the section of Cedar Crest Boulevard from Walbert Avenue ([[U.S. Route 309|US 309]]/[[Pennsylvania Route 29|PA 29]]) in [[Wennersville, Pennsylvania|Wennersville]] to Chestnut Street (PA 29) in [[Emmaus, Pennsylvania|Emmaus]] was designated as '''Pennsylvania Route 229'''.<ref name="PennDOT 1928">{{cite map|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Highways|title=Map of Pennsylvania| url=http://www.mapsofpa.com/art9pics/1928-1131-2.jpg|year=1928|accessdate=May 7, 2015}}</ref><ref name="1941map">{{cite web|url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Lehigh_1941.pdf |title=1941 Lehigh County Map |format=PDF |accessdate=2007-07-25 |publisher=[[Pennsylvania Department of Highways]] }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> PA 229 was paved by 1930.<ref name="PennDOT 1930">{{cite map|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Highways |title=Tourist Map of Pennsylvania |url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1930fr.pdf |year=1930 |accessdate=June 24, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> By 1950, however, the PA 29 route number was removed, and it was renamed Cedar Crest Boulevard.<ref name="PennDOT 1950">{{cite map|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Highways|title=Official Road Map of Pennsylvania|url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1950fr.pdf|year=1950|accessdate=January 1, 2014}}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> PA 29 was designated onto a portion of Cedar Crest Boulevard south of US 309 (now I-78/PA 309) in the 1950s.<ref name="1960map">{{cite web|url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Lehigh_1960.pdf|title=1960 Lehigh County Map|format=PDF|accessdate=2007-07-25|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Highways}}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>