Pennsylvania Route 568

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PA Route 568
Length: 11 mi[1] (18 km)
Formed: 1962
West end: US 222/PA 272 near Adamstown
East end: PA 724 in Robeson Township
Counties: Berks
Pennsylvania State Routes
< PA 563 PA Tpk 576 >
Legislative

Pennsylvania Route 568 is an 11 mile long state route in east central Pennsylvania, United States. The western terminus is at U.S. Route 222 near Adamstown, where PA 568 continues to the southwest as Pennsylvania Route 272. The eastern terminus is at Pennsylvania Route 724 in the Robeson Township hamlet of Gibraltar.

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[edit] Route description

PA 568 begins at an interchange with US 222 and PA 272 northeast of Adamstown. The route progresses to the east, meeting Pennsylvania Route 625 in the Brecknock Township hamlet of Knauers. After a small dip to the southeast, PA 568 turns to the northeast, paralleling the Allegheny Creek to the Robeson Township line.

One mile into Robeson, PA 568 passes under Interstate 176, the Morgantown Expressway, before merging with Pennsylvania Route 10 to form a duplex southward for roughly 400 feet. After breaking from PA 10, PA 568 takes on a more north-south alignment as it follows the path of the Allegheny to the hamlet of Gibraltar, where PA 568 ends at PA 724.

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[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile Road(s) Notes
Berks Adamstown 0.0 US 222
PA 272
Northern terminus of PA 272.
Brecknock Township   PA 625 Hamlet of Knauers.
Robeson Township   I-176 PA 568 passes under I-176.
  PA 10 Northern terminus of duplex.
  PA 10 Southern terminus of duplex.
  PA 724 Hamlet of Gibraltar.
Legend
Crossing, no access Concurrency termini Decommissioned Unconstructed Closed

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Pennsylvania Highways - Pennsylvania Route 568