Special routes of U.S. Route 422 | |
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At least four special routes of U.S. Route 422 currently exist and at least three have been decommissioned.
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U.S. Route 422 Business | |
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| Location | New Castle, Pennsylvania |
| Existed | 1977–present |
In New Castle, U.S. Route 422 Business is a 7-mile (11 km) route following the original alignment of its parent. At its western edge, the route leaves the freeway and travels as a four-laner along the Shenango River. Amongst a combination of residences and light industry, the route confusingly meets US 224. Winding its way through the city center, the route changes directions several times as it functions as portions of State Street, Jefferson Avenue, Washington Street, and, in a more tree-lined residential area, Butler Street. Closer to its eastern edge, it passes commercial development, and 422 Business joins with US 422 as its freeway segment ends.
U.S. Route 422 Business | |
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| Location | Kittanning, Pennsylvania |
| Existed | 2001–present |
In Kittanning, U.S. Route 422 Business is a 5-mile (8.0 km) route following the original alignment of its parent. It begins in the west with a concurrency with PA 268, before arching around commercial development in West Kittanning and crossing the Kittanning Citizens Bridge. After serving as the major Water Street, the route winds out of Kittanning toward the edge of the bypass.
U.S. Route 422 Business | |
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| Location | Indiana, Pennsylvania |
| Existed | 1997–present |
In Indiana, Pennsylvania, U.S. Route 422 Business is a 7-mile (11 km) loop around Indiana, Pennsylvania. Despite functioning as a business route for a freeway bypass, the road does not completely follow its parent's original path, nor does it enter the city center. It instead encompasses a much more rural path, starting in the west on Pike Avenue near the outskirts of Indiana, then corresponding with Warren Road and Indian Springs Road, before reaching some development on Wayne Avenue, as it meets back up with the freeway.
U.S. Route 422 Business | |
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| Location | Reading, Pennsylvania |
| Length | 7.285 mi [1] (11.724 km) |
| Existed | 1964–present |
U.S. Route 422 Business (US 422 Bus.) is a 7.29-mile-long (11.73 km) business route of US 422 located in the Reading, Pennsylvania area. The route is one of four auxiliary routes of US 422 in Pennsylvania. Its western terminus is at an interchange with US 222 and US 422 in Wyomissing. Its eastern terminus is at an interchange with US 422 in Reiffton. US 422 Bus. heads east from US 222/US 422 along Penn Avenue, passing through Wyomissing and West Reading. The route has an interchange with the US 422 freeway before it crosses the Schuylkill River into Reading. US 422 Bus. passes through downtown Reading on the one-way pair of Franklin Street eastbound and Washington Street westbound, intersecting the southern terminus of Pennsylvania Route 183 (PA 183) and crossing US 222 Bus. The business route heads into the eastern part of the city southeast on Perkiomen Avenue before following the one-way pair of Perkiomen Avenue eastbound and Mineral Spring Road westbound into Mount Penn. US 422 Bus. continues along Perkiomen Avenue to St. Lawrence, where it intersects the western terminus of PA 562 and turns southeast. The route passes through Reiffton before it merges into eastbound US 422. [2] [3]
With the creation of the U.S. Highway System in 1926, the road between Harrisburg and Reading was designated as part of US 22, which ran along what was designated the William Penn Highway in 1916 and PA 3 in 1924, while the road between Reading and Philadelphia was designated as US 120, which ran concurrent with PA 13. [4] [5] In 1928, the US 120/PA 13 designation between Reading and Philadelphia was changed to US 422/PA 17 in order to provide for one number for the Benjamin Franklin Highway. [5] [6] The concurrent state route designations were removed from US 22 and US 422 by 1930. US 22 headed into Reading on Penn Street and continued east to 9th Street, where it turned north and US 422 continued along Penn Street and Perkiomen Avenue east out of Reading. US 22 ran concurrent with PA 83 between 2nd and 9th streets while US 422 ran concurrent with PA 73 between Chestnut Street in Reading and 23rd Street in Mount Penn. [7] [8] In 1931, US 22 was moved to a more direct alignment between Harrisburg and Allentown, and US 422 was extended west along the former alignment between Harrisburg and Reading. [5] In the 1930s, US 422/PA 73 was shifted to Mineral Spring Road between Reading and Mount Penn in the 1930s and a one-way pair along Perkiomen Avenue and Mineral Spring Road in the 1950s. [9] [10] US 422 was shifted to the Warren Street Bypass and West Shore Bypass, and US 422 Bus. was designated onto the former alignment through Reading. [11] [12] The concurrent PA 83 and PA 73 designations were removed by 1966. [12] In the 1970s, US 422 Bus. was shifted to its current one-way pair through downtown Reading. [13]
U.S. Route 422 Alternate | |
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| Location | Reading, Pennsylvania |
U.S. Route 422 Alternate (US 422 Alt.) was an alternate route of US 422 through the city of Reading, Pennsylvania. The route began at US 422/PA 83 (Penn Street) as a one-way pair, with the eastbound direction heading south along 2nd Street and east on Franklin Street and the westbound direction running west along Chestnut Street and north on 4th Street to end at US 422/PA 83. US 422 Alt. followed the one-way pair concurrent with PA 83. The route continued east on Franklin Street and west on Chestnut Street, intersecting US 222 at 5th Street. At the 9th street intersection, PA 83 headed south and westbound US 422 Alt. joined with PA 73 at the Bingaman Street intersection. The alternate route continued to its eastern terminus at US 422 (Perkiomen Avenue), where PA 73 continued east along with US 422. [10] US 422 Alt. was first designated by 1953. [14] The alternate route was decommissioned in 1964 following the rerouting of US 422 to the West Shore Bypass and the establishment of US 422 Bus. along the US 422 alignment through downtown Reading. [11] [12]
The entire route was in Reading, Berks County.
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 US 422 (Penn Street) PA 83 (2nd Street) | Western terminus; western terminus of PA 83 concurrency | ||||
  US 122 / US 222 (5th Street) | |||||
 PA 73 (Bingaman Street) PA 83 (9th Street) | Eastern terminus of PA 83 concurrency; western terminus of PA 73 concurrency | ||||
| US 422 / PA 73 (Perkiomen Avenue/Mineral Spring Road) | Eastern terminus; eastern terminus of PA 73 concurrency | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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U.S. Route 422 Alternate | |
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| Location | Norristown-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
U.S. Route 422 Alternate (US 422 Alt.) was an alternate route of US 422 between Norristown and Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. The route began at US 422 (Main Street/Airy Street) on the western edge of Norristown and continued through Norristown on Main Street, intersecting US 202. US 422 Alt. left Norristown and became Ridge Pike, continuing southeast through suburban areas to Barren Hill. Here, US 422 Alt. intersected US 422 again and the routes switched alignments, with US 422 Alt. heading southeast along Germantown Pike. The route entered Philadelphia and became Germantown Avenue, passing through the Chestnut Hill section of the city. In the Germantown neighborhood, US 422 Alt. turned south onto Washington Lane and east onto Wayne Avenue. The alternate route headed southeast onto Clarissa Street and reached its eastern terminus at US 1/US 13 (Hunting Park Avenue). [10] US 422 Alt. was first designated by 1950, following Main Street through Norristown before continuing along Ridge Pike through Barren Hill. The alternate route continued into Philadelphia and ran southeast on Ridge Avenue, ending at an intersection with US 1 Byp./US 13 Byp. (City Line Avenue/East River Drive) and US 309 (Lincoln Drive). US 422 Alt. had replaced mainline US 422 east of Barren Hill. [15] By 1960, US 422 Alt. was realigned to use Germantown Avenue, Washington Lane, Wayne Avenue, and Clarissa Street east of Barren Hill, with mainline US 422 replacing the route on Ridge Avenue east of there. [10] US 422 Alt. was decommissioned in the 1960s, at which point it was replaced by mainline US 422. [16]
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Montgomery | Norristown |  US 422 (Main Street/Airy Street) | Western terminus | ||
  US 202 south (Markley Street) | |||||
 US 202 north (Dekalb Street) | |||||
| Whitemarsh Township |  US 422 east (Ridge Pike) | Western terminus of US 422 concurrency | |||
 US 422 west (Germantown Pike) | Eastern terminus of US 422 concurrency | ||||
| Philadelphia | Philadelphia |   US 1 / US 13 (Hunting Park Avenue) | Eastern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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U.S. Route 422 Bypass | |
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| Location | Barren Hill-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
U.S. Route 422 Bypass (US 422 Byp.) was a bypass route of US 422 in Philadelphia. The bypass began at US 422 in Barren Hill and continued southeast along Germantown Pike. US 422 Byp. crossed into Philadelphia and became Germantown Avenue, passing through the Chestnut Hill neighborhood. The route turned southeast onto Chew Street before curving east on Olney Avenue, crossing US 611 (Broad Street). US 422 Byp. continued east onto Tabor Street and reached its eastern terminus at an intersection with US 1 Byp./US 13 Byp./US 422 (Roosevelt Boulevard). US 422 Byp. was first designated by 1940. [9] In the 1940s, the route was decommissioned and replaced with mainline US 422. [15]
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Montgomery | Whitemarsh Township |  US 422 (Germantown Pike/Church Road) | Western terminus | ||
| Philadelphia | Philadelphia |   US 309 north (Bethlehem Pike) | Western terminus of US 309 concurrency | ||
 US 309 south (Allens Lane) | Eastern terminus of US 309 concurrency | ||||
 US 611 (Broad Street) | |||||
   US 1 Byp. / US 13 Byp. / US 422 (Roosevelt Boulevard) | Eastern terminus | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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U.S. Route 222 is a U.S. Highway that is a spur of US 22 in the states of Maryland and Pennsylvania. It runs for 95 miles (153 km) from US 1 in Conowingo, Maryland, north to the junction of Interstate 78 (I-78) and Pennsylvania Route 309 in Dorneyville, Pennsylvania. US 222 is almost entirely in Pennsylvania, and serves as the state's principal artery between the Lancaster and Reading areas in the west and the Lehigh Valley in the east.
Pennsylvania Route 100 is a 59.4-mile (95.6 km) long state highway in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that runs from U.S. Route 202 near West Chester north to PA 309 in Pleasant Corners. The route runs between the western suburbs of Philadelphia and the Lehigh Valley region of the state, serving Chester, Montgomery, Berks, and Lehigh counties. PA 100 intersects several important highways, including US 30 in Exton, the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76) near Lionville, US 422 near Pottstown, US 222 in Trexlertown, and I-78/US 22 in Fogelsville. Several sections of PA 100 are multi-lane divided highway with some interchanges, including between US 202 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Chester County between south of Pottstown and New Berlinville, and between Trexlertown and Fogelsville.
Pennsylvania Route 309 is a state highway that runs for 134 miles (216 km) through eastern Pennsylvania. The route runs from an interchange between PA 611 and Cheltenham Avenue on the border of Philadelphia and Cheltenham Township north to an intersection with PA 29 in Bowman Creek, a village in Monroe Township in Wyoming County. The highway connects Philadelphia and its northern suburbs to Allentown and the Lehigh Valley, and Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre in Wyoming Valley.
Pennsylvania Route 52 is a 11.8-mile-long (19.0 km) state highway located in southeast Pennsylvania. The southern terminus of the route is at the Pennsylvania-Delaware state line near Kennett Square, where the road continues as Delaware Route 52. The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 322 Business in West Chester. Near the Kennett Township community of Longwood, it has about a 1-mile (1.6 km) wrong-way concurrency with US 1. PA 52 passes through suburban and rural areas along its route.
U.S. Route 422 (US 422) is a 271-mile-long (436 km) spur route of US 22 split into two segments in the U.S. states of Ohio and Pennsylvania. The western segment of US 422 runs from downtown Cleveland, Ohio, east to Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. The eastern segment, located entirely within Pennsylvania, runs from Hershey east to King of Prussia, near Philadelphia. US 422 Business serves as a business route into each of four towns along the way.
Pennsylvania Route 363 (PA 363) is a state highway located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania that is a spur of PA 63. The route, which is signed north-south, runs 11.96 mi (19.25 km) from an interchange with U.S. Route 422 (US 422) in Audubon northeast to an intersection with PA 63 in Lansdale. The route runs mostly through suburban areas of central Montgomery County, passing some farmland in Worcester Township. PA 363 is designated along Trooper Road, Ridge Pike, Park Avenue, and Valley Forge Road. In the community of Worcester, the route crosses PA 73.
Pennsylvania Route 73 (PA 73) is a 62.32-mile (100.29 km) long east–west state highway in southeastern Pennsylvania. It runs from PA 61 near Leesport southeast to the New Jersey state line on the Tacony–Palmyra Bridge over the Delaware River in Philadelphia, where the road continues south as New Jersey Route 73. The route passes through rural areas of Berks County, crossing U.S. Route 222 (US 222) in Maiden Creek before heading southeast through Oley and Boyertown. PA 73 continues into Montgomery County and intersects PA 100 in Gilbertsville and PA 29 in Schwenksville before it heads into the northwest suburbs of Philadelphia. The route passes through Skippack and intersects US 202 in Center Square, PA 309 in Springfield Township, and PA 611 near Jenkintown. PA 73 continues through Northeast Philadelphia on Cottman Avenue, crossing US 1 and US 13 before coming to an interchange with Interstate 95 (I-95) near the Tacony–Palmyra Bridge.
Pennsylvania Route 23 is an 81.14-mile-long (130.58 km) state highway in southeastern Pennsylvania. The route begins at PA 441 in Marietta and heads east to U.S. Route 1 at City Avenue on the border of Lower Merion Township and Philadelphia. PA 23 begins at Marietta in Lancaster County and continues east to Lancaster, where it passes through the city on a one-way pair of streets and intersects US 222 and US 30.
U.S. Route 222 Business is a 12.17-mile (19.59 km) business route of US 222 in Reading, Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at US 222 in Cumru Township. Its northern terminus is at US 222 in Ontelaunee Township. The route begins at the US 222 freeway and heads through the southwestern suburbs of Reading as Lancaster Avenue, intersecting Pennsylvania Route 724 in Shillington. US 222 Bus. continues into Reading on Lancaster Avenue and intersects the northern termini of PA 625 and PA 10 before reaching an interchange with the US 422 freeway.
U.S. Route 422 Business is a 7.29-mile-long (11.73 km) business route of US 422 located in the Reading, Pennsylvania area. The route is one of four auxiliary routes of US 422 in Pennsylvania. Its western terminus is at an interchange with US 222 and US 422 in Wyomissing. Its eastern terminus is at an interchange with US 422 in Reiffton. US 422 Bus. heads east from US 222/US 422 along Penn Avenue, passing through Wyomissing and West Reading. The route has an interchange with the US 422 freeway before it crosses the Schuylkill River into Reading. US 422 Bus. passes through downtown Reading on the one-way pair of Franklin Street eastbound and Washington Street westbound, intersecting the southern terminus of Pennsylvania Route 183 and crossing US 222 Bus. The business route heads into the eastern part of the city southeast on Perkiomen Avenue before following the one-way pair of Perkiomen Avenue eastbound and Mineral Spring Road westbound into Mount Penn. US 422 Bus. continues along Perkiomen Avenue to St. Lawrence, where it intersects the western terminus of PA 562 and turns southeast. The route passes through Reiffton before it merges into eastbound US 422.
Pennsylvania Route 183 (PA 183) is a 31.7-mile-long (51.0 km) route that runs north to south in southeastern Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 422 Business in Reading in Berks County. Its northern terminus is at PA 61 near Schuylkill Haven in Schuylkill County. The road passes through developed areas near Reading before continuing north through rural areas, crossing from Berks County into Schuylkill County at Blue Mountain. PA 183 serves the communities of Bernville, Strausstown, and Cressona.
Pennsylvania Route 230 is a 28.4-mile (45.7 km) long state route in central Pennsylvania. Its western terminus is at an intersection with U.S. Route 22 in Harrisburg. Its eastern terminus is at an interchange with PA 283 near Salunga. The route passes northwest-southeast through Dauphin and Lancaster counties and serves as a surface road parallel to the PA 283 freeway that connects the cities of Harrisburg and Lancaster. Along the way, PA 230 passes through Middletown, Elizabethtown, and Mount Joy. The route intersects the Airport Connector near the Harrisburg International Airport, PA 441 and PA 341 in the Middletown area, PA 241 and PA 743 in Elizabethtown, and PA 772 in Mount Joy.
U.S. Route 13 (US 13) is a United States Numbered Highway running from Fayetteville, North Carolina, north to Morrisville, Pennsylvania. The route runs for 49.359 miles (79.436 km) through the Delaware Valley in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The route enters the state from Delaware in Marcus Hook, Delaware County. It continues northeast through Delaware County, passing through the city of Chester before heading through suburban areas along Chester Pike to Darby. US 13 enters the city of Philadelphia on Baltimore Avenue and runs through West Philadelphia to University City, where it turns north along several city streets before heading east across the Schuylkill River along Girard Avenue. The route turns north and heads to North Philadelphia, where it runs northeast along Hunting Park Avenue. US 13 becomes concurrent with US 1 on Roosevelt Boulevard, continuing into Northeast Philadelphia. US 13 splits southeast on a one-way pair of streets before heading northeast out of the city on Frankford Avenue. The route continues into Bucks County as Bristol Pike, heading northeast to Bristol, where it becomes a divided highway. US 13 becomes a freeway in Tullytown and continues north to its terminus at US 1 in Falls Township, near Morrisville. US 13 roughly parallels Interstate 95 (I-95) through its course in Pennsylvania.
U.S. Route 13 (US 13) runs along the Atlantic coastline for over 500 miles (800 km), passing through five states. Along its route, it possessed numerous special routes, which are all loops off the mainline US 13. At present, there are at least 15 special routes in existence: two in North Carolina, five in Virginia, two in Maryland, four in Delaware, and two in Pennsylvania. 13 others have existed in the past but have been deleted.
Several special routes of U.S. Route 30 exist. In order from west to east they are as follows.
U.S. Route 122 was a United States Numbered Highway that was a spur of US 22. Located in the state of Pennsylvania, it existed from 1935 to 1963. At its greatest extent, the route ran from US 1 and Pennsylvania Route 472 in Oxford north to US 11 and PA 14 in Northumberland. Along the way, US 122 passed through Parkesburg, Honey Brook, Morgantown, Reading, Hamburg, Schuylkill Haven, Pottsville, Frackville, Ashland, Centralia, Mount Carmel, Shamokin, and Sunbury.
At least 17 special routes of U.S. Route 11 (US 11) and at least one of US 11E have existed.
At least eight special routes of U.S. Route 22 (US 22) have existed and at least six have been deleted.
Ridge Pike is a major historic road in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that opened in 1706 that originally connected Wissahickon Creek to Perkiomen Creek. Inside Philadelphia, it is called Ridge Avenue. Going westward, it traverses many eastern Pennsylvania neighborhoods in Montgomery County including Conshohocken and beyond, connecting with Germantown Pike near Collegeville and continuing to Pottstown. In Montgomery County, Ridge Pike is called Main Street in the Norristown area and again in Collegeville and Trappe, and is called High Street in the Pottstown area.
Germantown Pike is a historic road in Pennsylvania that opened in 1687, running from Philadelphia northwest to Collegeville. The road is particularly notable for the "imposing mansions" that existed in the Germantown neighborhood in Philadelphia. The road was left in ruins after the British destroyed it in the Revolutionary War during the 1777 Battle of Germantown, and was not rebuilt until 1809. Portions of Germantown Pike were signed as U.S. Route 422 (US 422) before the latter was rerouted along a freeway alignment to King of Prussia.
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