Route 896

Pennsylvania Route 896

PA 896 joins the Lancaster area with northern Delaware along a vastly rural 33.6 mile route. The state route begins at Smoketown (PA 340) just north of U.S. 30, where the two converge at the east end of a heavily commercialized strip that includes Dutch Wonderland Amusement Park and Tanger Outlet Center. South from there, PA 896 heads to Strasburg, which the home of the Strasburg Railroad and Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. There the route takes Historic Drive, a bypass completed in 2009, to avoid Downtown and a previous overlap with PA 741.

South of Strasburg, PA 896 is rural with the exception of segments through settlements such as Georgetown and New London. Motorists taking this roadway will often encounter Amish horse and buggies as the route travels across farm fields and over Mine Ridge. Once in Chester County, the route remains virtually the same, though the Amish presence disappears as PA 896 heads south of U.S. 1 and suburbia becomes more prominent. South of Strickersville, the state route enters the northeastern corner of Maryland before entering Delaware along New London Road. Delaware continues the 896 numbering to Newark, Summit Bridge, Middletown and Boyd's Corner, where the multi state route concludes at U.S. 13.

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Page Updated Wednesday May 15, 2013.