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with between 2,500 and 5,000 freight-
related jobs were identified as a medium-
sized node; areas with more than 5,000
freight-related jobs were considered large.
National Highway System
The National Highway System (NHS) is
the designation for a vast national network
of strategic highways that includes the
Interstate Highway System, as well as other
roads that serve strategic transportation
facilities like major airports, train stations,
and rail or truck freight terminals. There are
more than 220,000 miles of roads
designated as National Highway System
roads. This constitutes roughly 6% of the
nation's roads; however those roads carry
40% of the nation’s auto traffic, and 75%
of all heavy truck traffic.
Roughly 90% of all Americans live within
5 miles of an NHS road. There are 436
miles of NHS roads in Montgomery
County, which include interstate highways
such as the PA Turnpike, the Blue Route (I-
476), and the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76),
as well as all principal arterials like
Skippack Pike (PA 73), Dekalb Pike (US
202), and Lancaster Avenue (US 30).
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Pottstown
Norristown
Lansdale
Collegeville
Jenkintown
Conshohocken
476
276
76
476
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422
t
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202
611
100
309
Hatboro
Ambler
Pennsburg
73
663
29
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29
Stoney Creek Branch
(SEPTA)
Harrisburg Line
(Norfolk Southern)
Morrisville Line
(Norfolk Southern)
Bethlehem Branch
(SEPTA)
Upper
Perkiomen
Lansdale
Harleysville
Hatfield
North
Penn
Hatboro
Pottstown
Oaks
Valley
Forge
King of
Prussia
Main Line
(SEPTA)
Doylestown Line
(SEPTA)
Neshaminy Line
(SEPTA)
East Penn
Railroad
National Highway System
Freight Rail
Oil
Natural Gas
Gasoline
Pipelines
> 5,000 jobs
2,500 - 5,000 jobs
1,000 - 2,500 jobs
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FIGURE 73:
Freight Activity Nodes
Norfolk Southern freight train crossing Hanover Street in
Pottstown Borough.
Norfolk Southern diesel engine pulls a freight train along the
Harrisburg line.
Source: Montgomery County Planning Commission
