unlike linglestown road, which followed a mostly east–west alignment, hershey road has a north–south orientation. it heads south from jonestown road to intersect us 22, here an at-grade roadway named allentown boulevard, near skyline view. hershey road continues onward, snaking southeastward through a rural region of dauphin county to the vicinity of hershey. during this stretch, it passes through south hanover township and serves the communities of hanoverale and union deposit. the route crosses into derry township after crossing over swatara creek, then intersects hersheypark drive near the creek's southern bank. hershey road continues south from here as park boulevard, a service road for hersheypark, hersheypark stadium, hersheypark arena, the star pavilion, giant center (where the hershey bears of the american hockey league play), and hershey's chocolate world; however, the route veers westward onto hersheypark drive and bypasses giant center to the north. this portion of the road is four lanes wide, the first significant portion of pa 39 to be that many lanes wide since the area surrounding i-81.