Pennsylvania Route 170
Pennsylvania Route 170 is an state highway located in Wayne County in Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 6 in Prompton. The northern terminus is at PA 670 near Mount Pleasant Township. The route was designated in 1928 by the Pennsylvania Department of Highways as a spur of PA 70, although did not intersect with PA 70. Route 70 was renumbered in 1961 to PA 171. It is currently one of three remaining spurs of PA 70, including PA 370 and PA 670.
Route description
PA 170 begins at the intersection with US 6 in the borough of Prompton. PA 170 heads northward as Creek Drive, heading uphill through forests before a clearing near Prompton Lake. Once the highway approaches the lake, it turns to the northwest to parallel the lake and the border into Prompton State Park. The surroundings remain wooded for a distance, paralleling the lake and some nearby homes. At the intersection with Lakeview Road, PA 170 turns from the northwest to the north as Prompton Lake dissipates into a creek. The road makes a second northwest turn and crosses the new creek close to the intersection with Beech Grove Road. After winding through forests, the highway returns to civilization entering the hamlet of Aldenville. PA 170 passes through downtown before turning northward back into the rural surroundings. The surroundings remain the same for several miles until the highway enters the hamlet of Creamton. In Creamton, PA 170, where it intersects with PA 247.Continuing north from Creamton, the route turns to the northwest again, remaining rural for several miles. The route bends to the north, then northwest again. At a nearby home, PA 170 intersects with Sherwood Drive and McAvoy Road, where the highway and Creek Drive moniker turn to the northeast. After the intersection with Memorial Links Road, PA 170 leaves the forests for fields and intersects at a T with PA 670 in now Mount Pleasant Township. At this intersection, the PA 170 designation terminates.