Category:Kuhnsville Tourist Cluster, Allentown, Pennsylvania

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The Kuhnsville Tourist Cluster was a group of businesses oriented to the travelling public, located in the Khunsville suburb of Allentown. About 4 miles to the west of the city along U.S. Highway 22.

Established primarily in the early 1950s, they served as a convent rest stop for automobile and truck traffic. The cluster consisted of several motels; the Peter Pan Diner, the Kuhnsville Service Center (Trexler Oil Company) and also the Super Skyway Drive-In. The importance of the cluster of businesses declined in the late 1950s when U.S. 22 was developed as part of the Federal Interstate Highway project first into Interstate 78, also known as the Lehigh Valley Thruway.

Although the buisnesses remained profitable due to the close proximity of the Thruway, over time the motels aged and newer ones replaced them in Foglesville, about 3 miles further to the west along the Thruway. Parts of it remain today with a modern Holiday Inn and Chrs's Family Restaurant, along with a service plaza for trucks and various strip shopping.