Pennsylvania Route 402

Pennsylvania Route 402
PA 402 in red and PA 402 Truck in blue
Route information
Maintained by PennDOT
Length	29.240 mi[1] (47.057 km)
Existed	1928–present
Major junctions
South end	US 209 Bus. in Smithfield Township
Major intersections	I-84 in Blooming Grove Township
North end	US 6 in Palmyra Township
Location
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
Counties	Monroe, Pike
Highway system
Pennsylvania State Route System Interstate US State Scenic Legislative
← PA 401 → PA 403

Pennsylvania Route 402 (PA 402) is a 29.24-mile (47.06 km) north–south state route in the Pennsylvania counties of Monroe and Pike. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 209 Business (US 209 Bus.) in the Smithfield Township village of Marshalls Creek. The northern terminus is at US 6 in Palmyra Township.

PA 402 was designated in 1928 between US 611 north of Delaware Water Gap and US 6 in Palmyra Township. The route at the southern terminus became PA 612 in the 1930s before PA 402 was extended south to US 611 (now PA 611 in Delaware Water Gap in the 1940s, replacing a portion of PA 612. PA 402 was realigned to end at an interchange with Interstate 80 (I-80) and US 611 in Delaware Water Gap by 1961. The southern terminus was cut back to US 209 in Marshalls Creek in the summer of 1962, with most of the former route south of there becoming a realigned US 209.

In 1991, a proposal to realign PA 402 and US 209 around the village of Marshalls Creek was proposed. Originally, PA 402 ended at a junction with US 209 and US 209 Business in Marshalls Creek. Over the years, the junction and the village had become heavily congested and a bypass was the only way to relieve traffic. After numerous delays for environmental issues, PA 402's new alignment had construction begin in 2005. Construction was suspended in 2008 and abandoned as PennDOT wanted a new bypass constructed without a realignment of PA 402. The new bypass was completed in June 2012, when US 209 was realigned away from the southern terminus of PA 402, which ended at US 209 Bus. instead.