Route information | ||||
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Maintained by PennDOT | ||||
Length | 45.064 mi[1] (72.523 km) | |||
Existed | 1928[2]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | PA 435 in Elmhurst Township | |||
PA 690 in Salem Township PA 348 in Salem Township PA 191 / PA 196 in Salem Township US 6 in Hawley | ||||
East end | PA 434 in Lackawaxen Township | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Pennsylvania | |||
Counties | Lackawanna, Wayne, Pike | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Pennsylvania Route 590 (PA 590) is a 45.0-mile-long (72.4 km) state highway located in Lackawanna, Wayne, and Pike counties in Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at PA 435 in Elmhurst Township. The eastern terminus is at PA 434 in the community of Greeley in Lackawaxen Township. PA 590 is mostly a two-lane road that runs through rural areas in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The route serves the communities of Hamlin, Hawley, and Lackawaxen and passes to the north of Lake Wallenpaupack. PA 590 has intersections with PA 690 and PA 348 in Hollisterville, PA 191/PA 196 in Hamlin, and U.S. Route 6 (US 6) in Hawley.
The section of PA 590 between PA 348 and US 6 was built as the Cobb road in 1769 and became a turnpike called the Luzerne and Wayne Turnpike in 1827. To the west of Lackawaxen, the route follows the corridor of the former Delaware and Hudson Canal that was completed in the 1820s. PA 590 was designated in 1928 between US 611 (now PA 435) in Elmhurst and PA 37/PA 237 in Lackawaxen, while PA 37 ran along the road between Lackawaxen and Greeley. The PA 37 designation was removed from this stretch of road in the 1940s. In the 1960s, PA 590 was extended from Lackawaxen to PA 434 in Greeley.