page_title: Pennsylvania Route 36
section_title: Bedford and Blair counties
hierarchical_section_title: Pennsylvania Route 36 / Route description / Bedford and Blair counties
caption_attribution_description: SR 36 near SR 867, Taylor Township, Pennsylvania Camera location40°&#160;20′&#160;43″&#160;N, 78°&#160;24′&#160;15.7″&#160;W&#160;&#160;&#160;View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth
context_page_description: Pennsylvania Route 36 is a 151.12 mi long state highway located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at PA 26 near the Hopewell Township community of Yellow Creek. The northern terminus is at PA 27 and PA 227 in Pleasantville.
  One of the longest and oldest highways in the commonwealth, PA 36 serves as a major connector between South Central and Northwestern Pennsylvania. In 1955, the highway was designated as the Colonel Drake Highway in honor of Edwin Drake.
context_section_description: PA 36 begins in the Bedford County hamlet of Yellow Creek at PA 26 along the Tussey Mountain range. The distance in Bedford County is brief as the highway enters Blair County and proceeds northward as the Woodbury Pike, intersecting several 800-series state highways like PA 866, PA 868, and PA 869. A short distance between Roaring Spring and the hamlet of McKee, PA 36 overlaps the east–west running PA 164. North of McKee, PA 36 becomes Catfish Ridge Road, closely paralleling the Frankstown Branch Juniata River to the west, and the Interstate 99–U.S. Route 220 overlap to the east along the Brush Mountain range.
  Just south of Hollidaysburg, PA 36 has the only interchange with a non-freeway highway, Smith Road. North of Smith Road, PA 36 enters the borough as Logan Boulevard and intersects U.S. Route 22 in downtown at Blair Street. North of Hollidaysburg, PA 36 as Logan Boulevard becomes a major 4-lane divided arterial, serving the southern suburbs of Altoona. 
  North of the I-99/US 220 underpass, PA 36 enters the city of Altoona. The route briefly overlaps U.S. Route 220 Business along West Plank Road. North of the overlap, PA 36 traverses the downtown areas of the city via Union Avenue and 18th street. Running on a west direction, 18th Street leads PA 36 out of Altoona, into the Appalachian Mountains and rural areas.
caption: PA 36 just north of the intersection with PA 867 in Taylor Township, just outside Roaring Spring.
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