First Pinchot Road Marker

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Lewisberry in York County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

First Pinchot Road

By William Pfingsten, March 1, 2008

1. First Pinchot Road Marker

Inscription. To "get the farmer out of the mud" was the road from here to Rossville. Gov. Gifford Pinchot broke ground here, July 23, 1931, to inaugurate the rural road improvement program of the Pennsylvania Department of Highways under the Act of June 22, 1931.

Erected by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Location. 40° 6.948′ N, 76° 52.034′ W. Marker is in Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, in York County. Marker is at the intersection of Rosstown Road PA 177 and Bull Road, on the right when traveling north on Rosstown Road PA 177. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lewisberry PA 17339, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Warrington Meeting House (approx. 5.5 miles away); Col. James Burd (approx. 7.7 miles away); Nuclear Accident at Three Mile Island (approx. 8.3 miles away); Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's Southern Cavalry (approx. 9 miles away); William Howard Day (approx. 9 miles away); Bob Hoffman (1898 - 1985) (approx. 9.2 miles away); Middletown (approx. 9.2 miles away); "Sant Peter's Kierch" (approx. 9.3 miles away).