Editing Bath, Pennsylvania (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:2022-09-29 11 29 21 View west along Pennsylvania State Route 248 and south along Pennsylvania State Route 987 (Main Street) between Chestnut Street and Pennsylvania State Route 329 (Race Street) in Bath, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|[[Pennsylvania Route 248|PA Route 248]] West and [[Pennsylvania Route 987|PA Route 987]] South in Bath]]
As of 2007, there were {{convert|10.79|mi}} of public roads in Bath, of which {{convert|4.65|mi}} were maintained by the [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]] (PennDOT) and {{convert|6.14|mi}} were maintained by the borough.<ref name=PennDOTmap>{{cite web|url=https://gis.penndot.gov/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Type5/48402.pdf|title=Bath Borough map|publisher=PennDOT|access-date=March 16, 2023}}</ref>

Numbered highways passing through Bath include [[Pennsylvania Route 248]], [[Pennsylvania Route 329]], [[Pennsylvania Route 512]] and [[Pennsylvania Route 987]]. PA 248 follows an east-west alignment through the borough via West Main Street, Chestnut Street and Northampton Street. PA 329 begins at PA 248 and heads southwest along Race Street. PA 512 follows a north-south alignment via Walnut Street. Finally, PA 987 follows a north-south alignment via Race Street, West Main Street and Chestnut Street, including a concurrency with PA 329 and another with PA 248.

Bath was once home to a trolley line that went to [[Nazareth]]. There was also the Northampton and Bath railroad, a local line that ran between Bath and [[Northampton]] for 8 miles and is now a biking and walking path since it shut down in 1978. One mile of track is still used by local businesses located on Atlas cement grounds.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lvpnews.com/20190108/taking-a-ride-on-nb-railroad/#:~:text=In%201978%2C%20the%20N%26B%20abandoned,is%20the%20Nor%2DBath%20Trail. | title=Taking a ride on N&B Railroad &#124; Lehigh Valley Press }}</ref>