legislative route 140, an unsigned legislative route extending from harrisburg in the west to pottsville in the east, was created on may 31, 1911, through the sproul road bill, which established the initial set of legislative routes throughout pennsylvania. lr 140 entered linglestown on north mountain road, then turned to follow modern pa 39 from linglestown to manadahill, where it veered onto jonestown road. lr 140 was realigned by 1926 to follow a direct route between paxtonia and manadahill via jonestown road. the portion of former lr 140 from paxtonia to the lower paxton–west hanover township line was then redesignated as lr 140a. all of lr 140a was designated as the signed pa 894 by 1930.