Warren Street Bypass

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Warren Street Bypass
Length:	10 mi (16 km)
Formed:	1965
West end:	US 222/422/422 BUS in West Lawn
East end:	PA 12 in Hyde Park
Counties:	Berks
Major cities:	Reading
System:	Pennsylvania State Highways U.S. 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 West Reading. The bypass provides access to FirstEnergy Stadium via Centre Avenue.

1 Route description
- 1.1 US 222/422 segment
- 1.2 PA 12 segment
2 Communities along the route
3 Exit list
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Route description

[edit] US 222/422 segment

The Warren Street Bypass begins at the US 222/US 422 merge in West Lawn. 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.

[edit] PA 12 segment

Now carrying PA 12, the bypass interchanges with Pennsylvania Route 183 about 1 mile 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]

[edit] Communities along the route

The communities in bold are control cities for signs.^[1]

[edit] Exit list

County	Location	Mile	Destinations	Notes
Berks	West Lawn	Freeway continues south as US 222.
			US 422 west/US 422 BUS (Penn Avenue) - Lebanon
		Southern terminus of US 222/ US 422 duplex.
	Wyomissing		State Hill Road
	Wyomissing		Paper Mill Road
	Reading	Northern terminus of US 222/ US 422 duplex.
			US 222 north - Allentown	Eastbound only.
			US 422 east - Pottstown
		Western terminus of PA 12.
			PA 183 (Schuylkill Avenue)	to Reading Regional Airport.
			River Road
			PA 61 (Centre Avenue)	Eastbound only. to FirstEnergy Stadium.
			US 222 BUS (5th Street) - Allentown	to US 222 north. to PA 61.
	Hyde Park		11th Street
			Spring Valley Road
		PA 12 continues east at-grade.