Governor Casey Byway
Governor Casey Byway is a State Scenic Byway in Pennsylvania. Within Pennsylvania it covers roughly 15 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Governor Casey Byway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
The Governor Casey Byway runs a short stretch of US 6 through Lackawanna County, connecting I-81 in Dunmore to PA 247 in Jessup on the edge of Scranton. Pennsylvania lawmakers designated the road a scenic byway on November 6, 2003, naming it for former governor Robert P. Casey. The route sits at the heart of Pennsylvania's old anthracite coal country, and its real draw is historical rather than scenic in the postcard sense: it provides direct access to the Steamtown National Historic Site, a working rail yard and museum built around the Scranton area's railroading past, the Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum, and the underground Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour, where visitors descend into a real deep coal mine. Together these stops make the byway a compact introduction to the industry — coal, iron, and rail — that built this corner of northeastern Pennsylvania, more than a scenic drive through open countryside.
- US 6, Dunmore to Jessup, Lackawanna County
- Named for Gov. Robert P. Casey, designated 2003
- Steamtown National Historic Site
- Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum
- Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour
- Scranton-area coal & rail history
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What is a State Scenic Byway?
State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.
Where to Stay along Governor Casey Byway
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