 By 1930, the road between Mount Pocono and Varden was an unnumbered, unpaved road, with the section between north of Sterling and north of Hamlin designated as part of PA 90 (now PA 191).At this time, the section of PA 90 north of Hamlin was under construction.PA 196 was designated in the 1930s to run between US 611 (now PA 611) and PA 615 (now PA 940) in Mount Pocono and PA 296 in Varden.