 In the 1930s, the south end of PA 93 was truncated to PA 29 (now PA 239) southeast of Nescopeck, with PA 29 replacing the route southeast to Hazleton.PA 93 was extended north to PA 115 (now PA 254) in Rohrsburg in the 1940s.A realigned PA 29 replaced the US 309 designation between Nesquehoning and Hazleton in the 1950s.