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    Default Public Road That Comes to Dead End

    My question involves real estate located in the State of: Pennsylvania

    My husband and I recently purchased a large piece of wooded ground. There is a public road that comes down and then comes to a dead end along a creek. The road used to continues on but 15 years ago the township abandoned the road and the farmer now owns it. He has put in a gate at the dead end. Before the dead end we put in a lane going up to the top of the hill and built our new home. The problem is that the dead end has been the hang out place for parties, parkers, druggies, and dumping ground. We have called the township for help and they say we are the property owners and are to handle any problems. We posted the ground with multiple no tresspassing signs and people continue to ignore them. We even have people down there shooting guns when our children are outside. We want to know what our rights our. It is a public road that comes to a dead end. Anyone that comes down there and stops there vehicle can be told to leave? We are going to a township meeting to see about putting in a new gate and stopping all the traffic and requesting the township abandon that part of the road.

    What are our rights? Any suggestions?

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    Default Re: Public Road That Comes to Dead End

    Your best course may be to petition the township to vacate the road beyond the point where you (and perhaps the adjoining farmer) are the only parties needing access to property. You don't state whether the township is still maintaining the road, but in any case they would not be doing that after a vacation. Upon vacation, you (and the farmer) would retain a private right of way, which you could gate at any point along the vacated portion. If you do not own the land on both sides of the road where it now terminates, then you have another landowner across the road who will need to agree.

    Here is a link to a recent PA case which might be interesting to you:

    http://caselaw.findlaw.com/pa-common...t/1457086.html

    Good luck!

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    Default Re: Public Road That Comes to Dead End

    We do own the property on both sides of the road. The farmer already has a row through us. The township plow when it snows and cuts weeds along the road twice a year. The road is so deteriorated the water is washing away the macadam and only one road can come down or up at a time.

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