Kuhnsville is a small unincorporated village in Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

-Climate:Most of the county's climate is considered to fall in the humid continental climate zone. Summers are typically hot and muggy, fall and spring are generally mild, and winter is cold. Precipitation is almost uniformly distributed throughout the year....

, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

. Along with the adjacent villages of Chapmans (immediately west) and Ruppsville (southwest), Kuhnsville forms the eastern edge of the transportation and warehousing business district centered on Fogelsville

Fogelsville, Pennsylvania

Fogelsville is a village in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is a suburb of Allentown, in Upper Macungie Township, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state....

. It uses the Allentown zip code

ZIP Code

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 of 18104. http://www.hipcodes.com/18106/

Kuhnsville is perhaps best known as the western terminus of the Lehigh Valley Thruway. The original freeway ended here, where current US 22

U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania

U.S. Route 22 is an east–west route stretching from Cincinnati, Ohio in the west to Newark, New Jersey in the east. In Pennsylvania, the route runs for between the West Virginia state line at Washington County, where it is a limited-access expressway-grade route through the western suburbs...

 now has a partial interchange with Tilghman Street

State Route 1002 (Lehigh County, Pennsylvania)

State Route 1002 ', locally known as Tilghman Street and Union Boulevard, is a major long east–west road in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metropolitan area of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The majority of the roadway is the former alignment of U.S...

. The exit sign on westbound US 22 at this interchange reads "Kuhnsville". The Thruway now continues one half mile west to the interchange where US 22 westbound begins its concurrency with I-78

Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania

Interstate 78 is an east–west route stretching from Union Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania to New York City. In the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, I-78 runs for about 77 miles in Pennsylvania, from the western terminus at Interstate 81 to New Jersey state line; I-78 continues into New...

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Kuhnsville is about a mile east of Fogelsville. Tilghman Street is the main surface street of the area, passing from Fogelsville through Chapmans and Kuhnsville on its way to Cetronia

Cetronia, Pennsylvania

Cetronia is an unincorporated community in South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States, near the city of Allentown. State Route 1002 , Pennsylvania Route 309, and Cedar Crest Boulevard run through Cetronia....

 and Allentown

Allentown, Pennsylvania

Allentown is a city located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is Pennsylvania's third most populous city, after Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and the 215th largest city in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 118,032 and is currently...

.

Interstate 476

Interstate 476

Interstate 476 is a auxiliary Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania designated between Interstate 95 near Chester and Interstate 81 near Scranton, serving as the primary north–south Interstate corridor through eastern Pennsylvania....

, the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike

Pennsylvania Turnpike

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, forms the informal boundary between this area and the Cetronia and Walbert

Walbert, Pennsylvania

Walbert, Pennsylvania is a small village that hosts the municipal offices of South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County. It is located on Route 309 and has easy access to 22, 78, and 476. It is split between the Allentown zip code of 18104 and the Orefield zip code of 18069. It is drained by the...

areas to the east. I-476 has an interchange with US 22 at the eastern edge of Kuhnsville.