Tour 1 Introduction

(Port Jervis,N.Y.)----Matamoras--Milford--Carbondale--Scranton--Towanda--Mansfield--Smethport--Kane--Warren--Corry--Union City--Junction with US 20; US 6 and US 6N.

New York Line to Junction with US 20, 415.6 m.

Paved roadbed.

The route is paralleled by the Erie R.R. between Hawley and Honesdale and between Columbus and Mill Village; by the Delaware & Hudson R.R. between Honesdale and Scranton; by the Lehigh Valley R.R. between Osterhout and North Towanda; by the New York Central R.R. between Wellsboro and Ansonia; by the Buffalo & Susquehanna R.R. between Ansonia and West Pike; by the Coudersport & Port Allegany R.R. between Coudersport and Port Allegany; by the Pennsylvania R.R. between Port Allegany and Smethport and between Kane and Union City; by the Pittsburgh, Shawmut & Northern R.R. between Smethport and Hazel Hurst; by the Big Level & Kinzua R.R. between Mt.Jewett and Kane; and by the Bessemer & Lake Erie R.R. between Albion and West Springfield. Frequent accommodations.

US 6, with its short extension US 6N in the western part of the State, pursues a zigzag course between the Delaware River and a point near the Ohio Line, traversing long stretches of mountain and forest. In the East, anthracite blackens the countryside; in the central and western sections are gas and oil fields. The route parallels a number of rivers and crosses many ranges of hills.