 The Manheim and Lebanon Plank and Turnpike Road was chartered on April 12, 1851 to build a plank road turnpike between Manheim and Lebanon.When Pennsylvania first legislated routes following the passage of the Sproul Road Bill in 1911, Legislative Route 138 was designated between Lancaster and Cornwall while a portion of Legislative Route 137 was designated between Cornwall and Lebanon.A portion of Legislative Route 141 was designated from Lebanon north to Lickdale; the route bended to the west between Jonestown and Lickdale.