 On May 9, 1966, PA 93 was extended southeast to US 209 in Nesquehoning, replacing that section of PA 29, while the north end was cut back to PA 487 in Orangeville in the 1960s.PA 93 begins at an intersection with US 209 in the borough of Nesquehoning in Carbon County, heading north on two-lane undivided Hunter Street.The road passes over a railroad line owned by the Carbon & Schuylkill Railroad and operated as part of the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad's Reading Division before it heads into forested areas.