Pennsylvania Route 438
| Route information | ||||
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| Maintained by PennDOT | ||||
| Length | 10.316 mi (16.602 km) | |||
| Existed | April 1961–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | US 6 / US 11 near Dalton | |||
| PA 407 in Lackawanna State Park I-81 in Scott Township | ||||
| East end | PA 247 in Scott Township | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Pennsylvania | |||
| Counties | Lackawanna | |||
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Pennsylvania Route 438 (PA 438) is a 10.1-mile-long (16.3 km) state highway located in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at U.S. Route 6 (US 6)/US 11 to the north of Dalton in LaPlume. The eastern terminus is at PA 247 in the Scott Township community of Montdale. PA 438 is a two-lane undivided road that passes through rural land in the northern part of Lackawanna County. The route intersects PA 407 in Wallsville and Interstate 81 (I-81) and PA 524 in Scott Township. The eastern portion of the route was designated as part of PA 247 in 1928, which was paved by 1930s. The western portion of the route was paved in the 1930s. PA 247 was shifted to the east in the 1940s, leaving the former alignment unnumbered. PA 438 was designated in April 1961 as part of construction of I-81 through northeastern Pennsylvania so that the latter road would interchange with numbered routes through Lackawanna County.