Pennsylvania Route 590

Pennsylvania Route 590
PA 590 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by PennDOT
Length	45.064 mi[1] (72.523 km)
Existed	1928[2]–present
Major junctions
West end	PA 435 in Elmhurst Township
Major intersections	PA 690 in Salem Township PA 348 in Salem Township PA 191 / PA 196 in Salem Township US 6 in Hawley
East end	PA 434 in Lackawaxen Township
Location
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
Counties	Lackawanna, Wayne, Pike
Highway system
Pennsylvania State Route System Interstate US State Scenic Legislative
← PA 588 → PA 591

Pennsylvania Route 590 (PA 590) is a 45.0-mile-long (72.4 km) state highway located in Lackawanna, Wayne, and Pike counties in Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at PA 435 in Elmhurst Township. The eastern terminus is at PA 434 in the community of Greeley in Lackawaxen Township. PA 590 is mostly a two-lane road that runs through rural areas in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The route serves the communities of Hamlin, Hawley, and Lackawaxen and passes to the north of Lake Wallenpaupack. PA 590 has intersections with PA 690 and PA 348 in Hollisterville, PA 191/PA 196 in Hamlin, and U.S. Route 6 (US 6) in Hawley.

The section of PA 590 between PA 348 and US 6 was built as the Cobb road in 1769 and became a turnpike called the Luzerne and Wayne Turnpike in 1827. To the west of Lackawaxen, the route follows the corridor of the former Delaware and Hudson Canal that was completed in the 1820s. PA 590 was designated in 1928 between US 611 (now PA 435) in Elmhurst and PA 37/PA 237 in Lackawaxen, while PA 37 ran along the road between Lackawaxen and Greeley. The PA 37 designation was removed from this stretch of road in the 1940s. In the 1960s, PA 590 was extended from Lackawaxen to PA 434 in Greeley.