Pennsylvania Route 41

Pennsylvania Route 41
Gap-Newport Pike
Route information
Maintained by PennDOT
Length	22.220 mi[1] (35.760 km)
Major junctions
South end	DE 41 in Kennett Township
Major intersections	US 1 near Avondale PA 841 in Chatham PA 926 in Londonderry Township PA 796 in Londonderry Township PA 10 in Cochranville PA 372 in Atglen PA 741 in Gap
North end	US 30 in Gap
Location
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
Counties	Chester, Lancaster
Highway system
Pennsylvania State Route System Interstate US State Scenic Legislative
← US 40 → PA 42

Pennsylvania Route 41 (PA 41) is a 22-mile-long (35 km) state highway located in southeastern Pennsylvania, United States. The southern terminus of the route is at the Delaware state line in Kennett Township, where the road continues as Delaware Route 41 (DE 41). The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 30 (US 30) in Gap. PA 41 runs northwest-southeast along a two-lane undivided road called Gap Newport Pike, passing through mostly rural areas of Chester and Lancaster counties and serving Avondale, Chatham, Cochranville, and Atglen. The route serves as part of the main road linking Wilmington, Delaware, to Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

The Gap and Newport Turnpike was charted in 1807 to run from Gap southeast to the Delaware border, where it was to continue to Newport, Delaware. PA 41 was first designated in 1926 to run between US 22/PA 3/PA 13 in Harrisburg and US 22/PA 3 and US 120/PA 13 in Reading, following US 230 between Harrisburg and Lancaster and US 222 between Lancaster and Reading. PA 41 was rerouted at Lancaster to run southeast to the Delaware border in 1928, heading south from Lancaster to Lampeter along US 222/PA 72 before it turned east to Gap and southeast along the Gap Newport Pike. The western terminus was cut back to US 222 in Lampeter by 1930 while PA 741 was designated from PA 41 north to US 30 in Gap. PA 41 was rerouted to US 30 by 1940 while PA 741 was designated on the former alignment between US 222 in Lampeter and Gap.