Cedar Crest Boulevard | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by PennDOT | ||||
Length | 9.471 mi[1] (15.242 km) | |||
Existed | 1920s–present | |||
Component highways | PA 29 from Emmaus to Dorneyville SR 1019 from Dorneyville to North Whitehall Township | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | PA 29 in Emmaus | |||
I-78 / PA 309 near Dorneyville PA 222 near Dorneyville Tilghman Street in Allentown US 22 in South Whitehall Township Walbert Avenue in South Whitehall Township | ||||
North end | Mauch Chunk Road in North Whitehall Township | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Pennsylvania | |||
Counties | Lehigh | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Cedar Crest Boulevard, colloquially known as Cedar Crest and The Boulevard, is a major north-south highway in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. South of Interstate 78 (I-78), the road is part of Pennsylvania Route 29 (PA 29). North of it, the road becomes State Route 1019 (SR 1019).
The boulevard is 9.5 miles in length and passes through Allentown, the third-most populous city in Pennsylvania and county seat of Lehigh County. Its southern terminus is in Emmaus at Chestnut Street and its northern terminus is in North Whitehall Township at Mauch Chunk Road. It also is a junction onto I-78, a major east-west highway between Lebanon County in the west and the Holland Tunnel and Lower Manhattan in the east.
Cedar Crest Boulevard is home to many Lehigh Valley attractions, including two large rival high schools, Emmaus High School and Parkland High School, and the main campuses of Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest and Cedar Crest College, Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom, Lake Muhlenberg, Lehigh Country Club, Lehigh Parkway, Muhlenberg College, and Trexler Park all border the boulevard. The boulevard is a prominent road for Allentown-area commerce, including numerous strip malls, restaurants, and commercial establishments.