Warren Street Bypass
| Warren Street Bypass | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Route information | |
| Existed: | 1965 – present |
| Component highways: |
  US 222 / US 422 from West Lawn to Wyomissing PA 12 from Wyomissing to Hyde Park |
| Major junctions | |
| West end: |
   US 222 / US 422 / US 422 Bus. in West Lawn |
US 222 / US 422 in Wyomissing PA 183 in Reading PA 61 in Reading US 222 Bus. in Reading | |
| East end: |
PA 12 in Hyde Park |
| Location | |
| Counties: | Berks |
| Highway system | |
The Warren Street Bypass is a limited access road in Berks County, Pennsylvania, carrying Pennsylvania Route 12, U.S. Route 222, and U.S. Route 422. The eastern terminus of the bypass is at Hyde Park, where the road returns to grade level as PA 12. The western terminus is at the US 222/US 422 split in Wyomissing. The bypass provides access to FirstEnergy Stadium via Centre Avenue.
Route description
US 222/422 segment
The Warren Street Bypass begins at the US 222/US 422 merge in Wyomissing. A few miles northeast of the US 422 interchange, the bypass meets State Hill Road and Paper Mill Road, the latter providing access to Berkshire Mall. About a half a mile east of Paper Mill Road, US 222 and US 422 both leave the Warren Street Bypass. Here, US 222 continues north toward Allentown while US 422 doubles back east, reentering Reading along the Benjamin Franklin Highway. The right-of-way of the US 222/US 422 freeway continues straight through the interchange, becoming PA 12 north of the exit.
PA 12 segment
Now carrying PA 12, the bypass interchanges with Pennsylvania Route 183 about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the US 222/US 422 junction. East of PA 183, the bypass meets Pennsylvania Route 61, Centre Avenue, a north–south state highway originating in downtown Reading and providing access to FirstEnergy Stadium, home of the Philadelphia Phillies' AA Minor league affiliate, the Reading Phillies. East of PA 61, the bypass meets U.S. Route 222 Business north of Reading. As implied by its business banner, US 222 Business reconnects with US 222 roughly four miles north of the PA 12/US 222 Business interchange.
The bypass continues east, interchanging with a pair of local streets before returning to grade level as PA 12 passes out of the Reading city limits. PA 12 continues eastward as a local road towards Pennsylvania Route 662 in the Ruscombmanor Township community of Pricetown.[1][2]
History
The first section of the bypass was a 2-mile-long (3.2 km) section from U.S. Route 422 to the 5th Street Highway designated as U.S. Route 222. By 1978, the section east of 5th Street Highway was opened.[3][4]
By 1999, US 222 was redesignated northwest of Reading and onto the US 422 section of the bypass. The PA 12 designation was given to the bypass east of US 222/US 422.[5][6]
Exit list
The entire route is in Berks County. All exits are unnumbered.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Lawn | US 422 Bus. (Penn Avenue East) US 222 south – Lancaster | Roadway continues as US 222 beyond US 422 Bus. | |||
| US 422 west (Penn Avenue West) – Lebanon | West end of US 222/US 422 overlap; eastbound exit is via US 422 Bus. | ||||
| Wyomissing | State Hill Road | ||||
| Crossing Drive, Paper Mill Road | |||||
| Reading | US 222 north – Allentown | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||
 US 422 east to I-176 – Pottstown | East end of US 222/US 422 overlap; west end of PA 12 | ||||
| PA 183 (Schuylkill Avenue) – Reading Airport | |||||
| River Road | |||||
| PA 61 (Centre Avenue) | No westbound exit | ||||
| US 222 Bus. (5th Street) to US 222 north – Allentown | |||||
| Hyde Park | 11th Street | ||||
| Spring Valley Road | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- U.S. Roads portal
- Pennsylvania portal
References
- ↑ Pennsylvania Tourism and Transportation Map
- ↑ Rand Mcnally 2007 Atlas
- ↑ Berks County Map (Sheet 1) (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1966. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
- ↑ National Bridge Inventory, a database compiled by the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, available at nationalbridges.com. Accessed 2007-11-25.
- ↑ Berks County Map (PDF) (Map). PennDOT. 1999. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
- ↑ "PA Gov. Ridge Administration Opens First Section of New U.S. Route 222 in Berks County". HighBean Research (PR Newswire). November 9, 2000. Retrieved 2007-11-25.