The Effect of Interstate Highway Location on Municipal Population: A Case Study of the Pennsylvania Coal Region and I-81 Corridor
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2011
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Haverford College. Department of Economics
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This study examines the question of how a municipality’s relative location to its nearest interstate highway affects its population growth. It also looks at how a municipality’s dependence on coal, which was an indicator of economic decline, and level of urbanity affects this effect. It examines these questions through a case study of the Interstate 81 corridor in Pennsylvania, which includes the Anthracite Coal Region, from 1930-1990. It found the closer a municipality was to its nearest interstate the faster it grew. It also found that a municipality’s level of urbanity did affect how it responded to the interstate highway effect.