page_title: Pennsylvania Route 309
section_title: Luzerne and Wyoming counties
hierarchical_section_title: Pennsylvania Route 309 / Route description / Luzerne and Wyoming counties
caption_attribution_description: English: Pennsylvania Route 309 in Monroe Township, Wyoming County, very close to its northern terminus.
context_page_description: Pennsylvania Route 309 is a state highway which runs for 134 miles through Pennsylvania in the United States. The route runs from the interchange between PA 611 and Cheltenham Avenue on the border of Philadelphia and Cheltenham Township north to an intersection with PA 29 in Bowman Creek, a village in Monroe Township, Wyoming County. It connects Philadelphia and its northern suburbs to Allentown, Hazleton, and Wilkes-Barre. A freeway portion of PA 309 in the Wilkes-Barre area is known as the North Cross Valley Expressway. A freeway portion of PA 309 in Montgomery County is known as the Fort Washington Expressway. PA 309 parallels the newer Interstate 476 and I-81 for much of its length. PA 309 was designated in 1968, replacing U.S. Route 309.
context_section_description: PA 309 heads into Hazle Township in Luzerne County, which is in the Wyoming Valley region, and becomes South Church Street, running past coal mines and widening to four lanes, curving to the north. The road runs through wooded areas with some homes and businesses and comes to an intersection with PA 424, where it briefly becomes a divided highway. Past this intersection, the route becomes undivided again and crosses Norfolk Southern's Sheppton Industrial Track at-grade, heading past homes and commercial buildings and curving northeast into the city of Hazleton. PA 309 runs through commercial areas and woodland, narrowing to two lanes. The road passes under Norfolk Southern's Hazleton Running Track and runs through residential areas before passing businesses and becoming a three-lane road with a center turn lane. The route crosses the Hazleton Running Track at-grade and heads into the downtown area of Hazleton, where it reaches a junction with PA 93. Past this intersection, PA 309 becomes two-lane North Church Street and leaves the downtown to head past homes. The road curves to the north at the Diamond Avenue intersection and continues through residential areas, gaining a center left-turn lane coming to an intersection with the northern terminus of PA 924. The route runs through more of the city and heads past businesses as it reaches a junction with the western terminus of PA 940 on the northern border of Hazleton. At this point, PA 309 crosses back into Hazle Township and runs through commercial areas as an unnamed road, passing to the west of Church Hill Mall and widening to five lanes. The road passes to the east of Hazleton Municipal Airport and runs past residences and businesses in the community of Milnesville, becoming a four-lane divided highway at the Airport Road intersection. The route becomes undivided again and runs through wooded areas with some homes, passing to the west of a coal mine and curving northeast.
  PA 309 enters Butler Township and becomes South Hunter Highway, heading through forested areas as it traverses Buck Mountain as a two-lane road, gaining a second southbound lane as it descends the mountain. The route turns to the north and runs through a mix of fields, woods, and development as a two-lane road briefly before becoming four lanes. The road heads northeast and runs through forests to the west of Green Mountain, narrowing to two lanes before becoming three lanes with two southbound lanes and one northbound lane. PA 309 bends to the north again and becomes four-lane undivided North Hunter Highway, running through wooded areas with some homes and businesses and passing through the communities of Honey Hole and Edgewood. The route becomes a divided highway and comes to an interchange with I-80. Past this interchange, PA 309 becomes a three-lane undivided road with two northbound lanes and one southbound lane and runs through wooded areas with some residences and commercial establishments, passing by the entrance of the community of Sand Springs. The road curves to the north-northeast and traverses forested Nescopeck Mountain, becoming four lanes as it comes to the summit in the community of Nescopeck Pass and bends north. The route heads into Dorrance Township and becomes South Mountain Boulevard, heading northeast to descend Nescopeck Mountain with one northbound lane and two southbound lanes. PA 309 switches to two northbound lanes and one southbound lane and heads into Wright Township, becoming a three-lane road with a center turn lane as it passes near wooded residential development and runs through the community of Konns Corners. The road runs through forests with some commercial development, crossing into Fairview Township. The route heads near homes and businesses in the community of Fairview Heights, becoming North Mountain Boulevard and widening to five lanes. PA 309 narrows back to three lanes and heads through the community of Mountain Top, curving to the northwest and coming to an intersection with the northern terminus of PA 437 in the community of Fairview. The road runs throug
caption: PA 309 in Monroe Township, Wyoming County, very close to its northern terminus at PA 29
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