Pennsylvania Route 12

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about the current route. For the PA Route 12 in the 1920s, see Baltimore Pike.

PA Route 12

Length:

9.57 mi^[1] (15.40 km)

Formed:

1999

South end:

US 222/US 422 in Reading

North end:

PA 662 near Fleetwood

Counties:

Berks

Pennsylvania State Routes
< PA 11		US 13 >
Minor - Legislative

Pennsylvania Route 12 is a 9 mile long part-freeway located in eastern Pennsylvania. The western terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 422 and U.S. Route 222 near Reading. Its eastern terminus is at Lobachsville Road in the village of New Jerusalem. In Reading, the freeway is named the Warren Street Bypass and has six exits. Heading east, the freeway terminates and PA 12 continues towards Pricetown as a local road. Heading west, PA 12 ends at an interchange with US 222 and US 422 northwest of downtown Reading.

1 Route description
- 1.1 Warren Street Bypass
- 1.2 At-grade section
2 History
3 Major intersections
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Route description

Communities Bolded cities/communities are officially-designated control cities for signs.
Lebanon Reading Hyde Park Pricetown

[edit] Warren Street Bypass

Main article: Warren Street Bypass

PA 12 is called the Warren Street Bypass for a significant portion of its routing. The bypass itself begins 2 miles southwest of PA 12 at the US 222/US 422 interchange in West Lawn. At the US 222/US 422 junction in Reading, US 222 and US 422 both leave the bypass, giving way to PA 12. As a limited-access highway, the route interchanges with Pennsylvania Route 183, Pennsylvania Route 61 and U.S. Route 222 Business before returning to grade level northeast of Reading, soon after the interchange with Spring Valley Rd.

[edit] At-grade section

PA 12 continues towards Pricetown as a local road east of the Warren Street Bypass. About 1 mile west of Pricetown it meets Pennsylvania Route 73, which heads to the southeast towards Philadelphia as a local road. In the Rockland Township community of New Jersualem, PA 12 terminates at an intersection with Lobachsville Road.

[edit] History

In the late 1920s, PA 12 was first designated mostly in central Northampton County, on what is today Pennsylvania Route 191 and Pennsylvania Route 378. It was designated from U.S. Route 209 in Snydersville to U.S. Route 309 in Center Valley.^[2]

By 1966, the PA 12 designation was removed. Meanwhile, the 2 mile (3 km) long Warren Street Bypass was built from U.S. Route 422 to the 5th Street Highway as U.S. Route 222. By 1978, the rest of the bypass was completed.^[3]^[4]

By 1993, from the 5th Street Highway interchange of the Warren Street Bypass to Pennsylvania Route 662 in Pricetown, the road was referenced as Quadrant Route 2026. By 1999, US 222 was redesignated northwest of Reading; the PA 12 designation was given to the Warren Street Bypass and QR 2026.^[5]^[6]^[7]

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile^[1]	Destinations	Notes
Berks	Reading	0.00	US 422 east - Pottstown
		0.67	PA 183 (Schuylkill Avenue)	to Reading Regional Airport.
		1.58	River Road
		2.00	PA 61 (Centre Avenue)	Eastbound only. to FirstEnergy Stadium.
		2.49	US 222 BUS (5th Street) - Allentown	to US 222 north. to PA 61.
	Hyde Park	2.93	11th Street
		4.05	Spring Valley Road
		PA 12 continues east at-grade.