End of US highway 422
(western segment)

Note: since I don't have access to a comprehensive collection of historical road atlases, much of the info below is based on the research of Robert Droz; click here to view his site. More research, plus photos: Jeff Kitsko. More photo credits: Chris Elbert; Steven Nelson

(There is also a separate eastern segment of US 422; click here to view its page.)

The west end of the western segment of US 422 has always been in Cleveland OH; you can view photos from there on this page.

US 422 has been around since the beginning in 1926. The east end of its western segment has always been in the Ebensburg PA area, although it's moved around a few times. Heading west, US 22 originally followed Rowena Drive into Ebensburg; then High Street through downtown and southwest to its current alignment. Heading east from Belsano, US 422 originally followed what is now PA 217 south to Nanty Glo, and then Beulah Road west to its terminus at US 22 (about two miles southwest of downtown Ebensburg). The photo below is looking northeast on Admiral Peary Highway (eastbound US 22):

Nelson, May 2008

The original east beginning of US 422 was to the left on Beulah. Signage at that intersection indicates that Beulah is still on the state highway system, although it was long ago demoted to a secondary road numbered 3034:

Nelson, May 2008

In 1932, US 422 was rerouted to its current alignment between Belsano and Ebensburg, so then it ended where the Ben Franklin Highway intersects High Street (about a half-mile west of downtown):

Nelson, May 2008

That's looking east on Ben Franklin, where US 422 ended at High (eastbound US 22 was straight ahead, and westbound was to the right). Below we're looking the opposite direction (west on High):

Nelson, May 2008

That was westbound US 22, which curved to the left. Straight ahead on Ben Franklin was the beginning of US 422. The shot below is looking northeast on High:

Nelson, May 2008

That was eastbound US 22, which continued to the right. To the left was the east beginning of US 422.

It was 1961 when US 22 was rerouted along its current bypass to the south of Ebensburg (the Admiral Peary Hwy). At that time, the US 422 designation was extended east along High and Rowena (old US 22), ending at its junction with current US 22:

Elbert, July 2006

That was the case until 1993, which is when US 219 was rerouted onto the bypass around the west side of town. Then, for some reason, the US 422 designation was truncated its junction with this new highway (about 1.5 miles west of downtown). The photo below is looking east at the end of US 422; the overpass is US 219:

Kitsko, Aug. 2001

The "End" assembly at right is shown closeup below:

Kitsko, Aug. 2001

I can't explain why US 422 doesn't still continue ahead into Ebensburg, to where it meets US 22. For more photos of current and historic endpoints of US 422, please visit Tim Reichard's page.