Route 896 North

Little Egypt Road meanders north from MD 273 around the rural Glen Farms subdivision to intersect MD 896 (New London Road) just south of the Pennsylvania state line. PA 896 extends New London Road north to Strickersville and Kemblesville.

12/21/20

Strickersville Road stems west from PA 896 (New London Road) at Stickersville to PA 841 (Chesterville Road) in Elk Township.

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PA 896 (New London Road) enters Franklin Township north of Nichol Park and Indiantown Road.

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Continuing west from Good Hope Road, PA 896 (New London Road) enters the unincorporated village of Kemblesville.

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PA 896 (New London Road) makes a sharp turn at Appleton Road in Kemblesville. Appleton Road heads south from PA 896 to Cecil County, Maryland, eventually becoming MD 316 into Elkton.

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Advancing a short distance beyond Kemblesville, PA 896 (New London Road) intersects PA 841 (Chesterville Road).

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PA 841 comprises a 17 mile route from MD 213 at Lewisville to PA 82 at Doe Run.

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PA 841 follows Chesterville Road west to Springlawn and PA 472 at Lewisville before transitioning to MD 213 south to Fair Hill and Elkton. Northward, PA 841 continues to Chesterville and the borough of West Grove.

12/21/20

Within New London Township, PA 896 (Newark Road) approaches the split with PA 796 (Jennersville Road) north.

06/24/12

Preceding PA 796 north are traffic lights at the intersection with Violet Lane, a residential loop into an adjacent subdivision, and Penn London Drive, the access road to two adjacent schools.

06/24/12

PA 796 branches northeast from PA 896 (Newark Road). The state route travels 5.8 miles to PA 41 (Gap Newport Pike) at Londonderry Township.

06/24/12

PA 796 heads 2.2 miles north from PA 896 to Jennersville, where it meets U.S. 1 along the Kennett Oxford Bypass freeway. Historically PA 796 was the numbered route leading southeast along PA 896 to New Castle County, Delaware.

06/24/12

PA 372 and PA 896 combine for two miles from Green Tree (Valley Road) to Christiana Pike just outside of Georgetown. PA 372 turns east to Smyrna and Christiana while PA 896 turns west into Georgetown.

06/03/05

Remaining along Georgetown Road, PA 896 north cross Nickel Mines Run and enters Georgetown.

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PA 896 turns north in Georgetown at Furnace Road, which leads west to Mt. Pleasant.

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Georgetown Road resumes a northward course from Furnace Road and Lancaster Avenue.

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PA 896 rises to an elevation of 800 feet at White Oak Road as it crosses Mine Ridge.

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A second PA 896 shield at Mine Ridge follows the intersection with Belmont Road.

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Leaving Strasburg and the Historic Drive bypass, PA 896 continues along Hartman Bridge Road. This reassurance marker lies north of North Star Road.

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PA 896 (Hartman Bridge Road) spans Pequea Creek and intersects Leaman Road ahead of this shield assembly.

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As PA 896 nears the commercialized intersection with U.S. 30 (Lincoln Highway), the highway expands to four lanes.

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U.S. 30 represents a busy four lane arterial stretching ten miles east to Gap and 2.5 miles west to the freeway bypass of Lancaster.

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Northbound PA 896 (Hartman Bridge Road) at U.S. 30 (Lincoln Highway). U.S. 30, along with PA 283, represents part of a free route from Harrisburg to the Philadelphia area in lieu of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The often congested route doubles as a commercial corridor from the Lancaster bypass east to PA 896, though many businesses line the route to Gap and the Coatesville bypass.

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The final 1.2 miles of PA 896 follow Eastbrook Road.

06/03/05

An end shield marks the northern terminus of PA 896 as Eastbrook Road intersects PA 340 (Old Philadelphia Pike). PA 340 heads west from Smoketown to PA 462 (Lincoln Highway) in Lancaster. The state route enters Bird in Hand just to the east.

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