PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 18 PRINTER'S NO. 3814
No. 18 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY MR. FISCHER, JANUARY 4, 1977
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
SEPTEMBER 20, 1978
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 22, 1931 (P.L.720, No.262), entitled
2 "An act providing for the taking over by the Commonwealth,
3 under certain terms, conditions and limitations, of certain
4 streets in cities of the second class, second class A, and
5 third class as State highways, and for the improvement,
6 construction, reconstruction, resurfacing and maintenance by
7 the Commonwealth of certain defined widths of said streets;
8 imposing duties on such cities and on public utility
9 companies using such streets; providing that no assessment
10 shall be made upon the Commonwealth in the elimination of any
11 grade crossing thereon; authorizing cities, persons,
12 associations, or corporations to enter into agreements with
13 the Commonwealth to bear a portion of the cost of
14 construction or maintenance; providing for the assessment of
15 certain portions of the cost of street improvements on
16 abutting property owners; regulating the replacement of
17 certain facilities of public utility companies; prohibiting
18 the opening of said streets after improvement without a
19 permit, and providing penalty therefor; regulating the
20 maintenance of detours; authorizing the increase of city
21 indebtedness in certain cases; and appropriating money in the
22 Motor License Fund for the purposes of this act," changing
23 certain routes in the City of Washington.
24 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
25 hereby enacts as follows:
26 Section 1. The following routes established in section 2,
27 act of June 22, 1931 (P.L.720, No.262), entitled "An act
28 providing for the taking over by the Commonwealth, under certain
1 terms, conditions and limitations, of certain streets in cities
2 of the second class, second class A, and third class as State
3 highways, and for the improvement, construction, reconstruction,
4 resurfacing and maintenance by the Commonwealth of certain
5 defined widths of said streets; imposing duties on such cities
6 and on public utility companies using such streets; providing
7 that no assessment shall be made upon the Commonwealth in the
8 elimination of any grade crossing thereon; authorizing cities,
9 persons, associations, or corporations to enter into agreements
10 with the Commonwealth to bear a portion of the cost of
11 construction or maintenance; providing for the assessment of
12 certain portions of the cost of street improvements on abutting
13 property owners; regulating the replacement of certain
14 facilities of public utility companies; prohibiting the opening
15 of said streets after improvement without a permit, and
16 providing penalty therefor; regulating the maintenance of
17 detours; authorizing the increase of city indebtedness in
18 certain cases; and appropriating money in the Motor License Fund
19 for the purposes of this act," are amended to read:
20 Section 2. The city streets to be taken over, under the
21 provisions of this act, in the cities hereinafter named, shall
22 be designated by numbers, to be hereafter assigned by the
23 Secretary of Highways, and are situate and described as follows:
24 * * *
25 L.R.109. Beginning at a point on the intersection of <--
26 [Jefferson Avenue and West Chestnut Street; thence over
27 Jefferson Avenue to West Beau Street; thence over West Beau
28 Street to Franklin Street; thence on Franklin Street to West
29 Maiden Street; thence on West Maiden Street to South Main
30 Street; thence on] South Main Street [to] and Park Avenue;
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1 thence along Park Avenue to the dividing line between the city
2 of Washington and North Franklin Township, in the City of
3 Washington, a distance of about [1.03] .41 miles.
4 L.R.113. Beginning at a point on the boundary line between
5 the City of Washington and South Strabane Township, on East
6 Maiden Street; thence over East Maiden Street to Main Street;
7 [thence over Main Street to the intersection with Beau Street,]
8 continuing over Maiden Street, crossing Strawberry Avenue,
9 Wheeling Street, Cherry Avenue and Beau Street, to the
10 intersection with Chestnut Street, in the City of Washington, a
11 distance of about [1.5] 1.84 miles.
12 L.R.114. Beginning at a point on the intersection of [Main
13 Street and Beau Street; thence over Main Street to Chestnut
14 Street; thence over] College Street and Chestnut Street; thence
15 in a westerly direction over Chestnut Street and West Chestnut
16 Street to the line dividing the City of Washington and townships
17 of Canton and North Franklin, in the City of Washington, a
18 distance of about [1.4] 1.44 miles.
19 * * *
20 L.R.181. Beginning at a point on East Beau Street, at the
21 dividing line between the City of Washington and East Washington
22 Borough; thence over East Beau Street to [Main Street,] College
23 Street, in the City of Washington, a distance of about [.38] .24
24 of a mile.
25 * * *
26 L.R.114 SPUR. BEGINNING AT A POINT ON NORTH MAIN STREET, ON <--
27 THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON AND SOUTH
28 STRABANE TOWNSHIP; THENCE OVER NORTH MAIN STREET TO AN
29 INTERSECTION AT NORTH MAIN AND [CHESTNUT] WALNUT STREETS, THENCE
30 EASTERLY OVER WALNUT STREET TO THE INTERSECTION OF WALNUT AND
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1 COLLEGE STREETS, A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 0.8 OF A MILE.
2 SECTION 2. (A) THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA SHALL CEDE
3 CONTROL TO THE CITY OF WASHINGTON THE FOLLOWING STREETS:
4 (1) MAIN STREET BETWEEN BEAU STREET AND MAIDEN STREET, A
5 DISTANCE OF .216 MILES.
6 (2) BEAU STREET BETWEEN MAIN STREET AND COLLEGE STREET, A
7 DISTANCE OF .125 MILES.
8 (3) MAIN STREET BETWEEN CHESTNUT STREET AND WALNUT STREET A
9 DISTANCE OF .094 MILES.
10 (4) MAIN STREET BETWEEN CHESTNUT STREET AND BEAU STREET, A
11 DISTANCE OF .1089 MILES.
12 (B) THE CITY OF WASHINGTON SHALL TRANSFER TO THE CONTROL OF
13 THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA THE FOLLOWING STREET: CHESTNUT
14 STREET BETWEEN MAIN STREET AND COLLEGE STREET, A DISTANCE OF
15 .127 MILES.
16 Section 2 3. This act shall take effect immediately. <--
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