Death Pike

Harrisburg Pike has had many names over the years. One not commonly remembered today was when it was referred to as Death Pike because of so many fatal auto accidents in and around Grove City. A few years after Adam Grant sold his street car line to the Applegate Syndicate, a Grove City Interurban, then called a traction vehicle, collided with a gravel truck in Briggsdale in a non-fatal accident. Years later, in an effort to slow motorists entering the village, Grove City created an unpopular speed trap with the town’s first motorcycle cop poised at Rose Avenue.