 PA 240 replaced the PA 41 designation along the US 222 concurrency between Lancaster and Reading.By 1930, the western terminus of PA 41 was cut back to US 222 near Lampeter, removing the concurrences with US 230 and US 222, while the road from PA 41 in Gap north to US 30 was designated as PA 741.By this time, the route was paved from a point east of Strasburg east to Gap.