Pennsylvania Route 100

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PA Route 100
Maintained by PennDOT
Length:	58.8 mi[1] (94.63 km)
South end:	US 202 in West Chester
Major junctions:	US 30 at Exton I-76/PA Tpk. near Lionville US 422 near Pottstown US 222 near Lower Macungie I-78/US 22 near Breinigsville
North end:	PA 309 in Pleasant Corners
Counties:	Chester, Montgomery, Berks, Lehigh
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Pennsylvania Route 100 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that runs from U.S. Route 202 in West Chester, Pennsylvania to Pennsylvania Route 309 in Pleasant Corners, Pennsylvania.

The highway replaced Pennsylvania Route 62 in the 1930s, although most spur routes of PA 62 still retain their numbers.

Contents 1 Route description 1.1 Chester County 1.2 Montgomery County 1.3 Berks County 1.4 Lehigh County 2 History 3 Major intersections 4 Miscellanea 5 References

[edit] Route description

Communities Bolded cities/communities are officially-designated control cities for signs.
Fogelsville Trexlertown Macungie Bechtelsville Bally Pottstown Exton West Chester (via U.S. Route 202)

[edit] Chester County

PA 100 begins in West Goshen Township north of West Chester at an interchange with U.S. Route 202. Only northbound lanes of US 202 have access to PA 100 and PA 100 southbound has only access to US 202 Southbound. In West Whiteland Township, the expressway ends when PA 100 meets its old alignment that is called Pottstown Pike that was decommissioned in 2003. It then passes under U.S. Route 30/Exton Bypass at an interchange in the southern portion of Exton.

Just north of the US 30 interchange in the center of Exton , PA 100 intersects U.S. Route 30 Business also known as Lincoln Highway. In Uwchlan Township, PA 100's next big intersection is with Pennsylvania Route 113, connecting Downingtown and Phoenixville. Less than a mile north of PA 113, PA 100 intersects Interstate 76 the Pennsylvania Turnpike at the Downingtown exit (312). In West Vincent Township, PA 100 meets Pennsylvania Route 401 in the village of Ludwigs Corner.

It's designated north into South Coventry Township meeting Pennsylvania Route 23 in the village of Bucktown. About a mile south of Pottstown, PA 100 meets Pennsylvania Route 724 at an interchange. In North Coventry Township, PA 100 meets U.S. Route 422 also known as the Pottstown Expressway. US 422 and PA 100 meet at a full Cloverleaf interchange.

[edit] Montgomery County

After crossing the Schuylkill River, PA 100 enters Montgomery and the town of Pottstown. At the southern tip of Pottstown, PA 100 intersects the southern terminus of Pennsylvania Route 663. North of Pottstown, PA 100 is multilaned and divided road with some exits but not at limited-access level. One of those exits is in Douglass Township when PA 100 meets Pennsylvania Route 73 at a Diamond interchange.

[edit] Berks County

North of the PA 73 interchange, PA 100 returns to a two laned local road in Berks County. In Berks County, PA 100 passes through the towns of Bechtelsville and Bally. PA 100 becomes Main Street in Bally. In Hereford Township Just north of Bally, PA 100 begins a long concurrency with Pennsylvania Route 29 into Lehigh County.

[edit] Lehigh County

PA 100 enters Lehigh County on a concurrency with Pennsylvania Route 29. As PA 100/PA 29 enter Lehigh County, they're known as Chestnut Street. In Upper Milford Township marks the northern terminus of the concurrency with Pennsylvania Route 29. Northwest of the concurrency with PA 29, PA 100 is called Kings Highway. PA 100 enters Macungie as Main Street. A mile south of Trexlertown, PA 100 becomes a newly formed 4 lane divided highway around Trexlertown called Trexlertown Bypass. The Highway was completed on 2005 and the US 222 segment was completed in 2007.

In Upper Macungie Township, PA 100 intersects U.S. Route 222 at an interchange. US 222 merges with PA 100 on the eastern segment of the highway. North of Trexlertown, PA 100 passes by an area with a lot of factories and companies like Nestle and Shop Rite. in Fogelsville, PA 100 intersect Interstate 78 and U.S. Route 22 at exits 49A-B north of the industrial area. North of the I-78 interchange, PA 100 meets Tilghman Street/Main Street the former segment of US 22. For more than 10 miles north of the I-78 interchange, PA 100 is a two-laned local road running through many farms and rivers. In Heidelberg Township, PA 100 terminates (ends) at an "T" intersection with Pennsylvania Route 309.

[edit] History

PA 100 was originally signed as Pennsylvania Route 62, for its entire length. By 1940, PA 100 was commissioned although the PA 62 spurs of PA 162, PA 262, PA 562, and PA 662 still remained.

Before 2003, south of Exton Route 100 used to exit off the 202 connector expressway and continued south following Pottstown Pike towards West Chester. Once it entered West Chester it became High Street, the main north-south artery route through the town, it also shared a concurrency with Business U.S. 322. Several blocks north of West Chester University it turned right onto Price Street overlapping PA 52. At the Brandywine Picnic Park in East Bradford Township it forked to the left onto Creek Road, leaving the PA 52 concurrency. It continued south winding through southern Chester and Delaware Counties following the Brandywine Creek into Delaware, with a short concurrency with U.S. Route 1/Baltimore Pike, then becoming Delaware Route 100.

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[1]	Roads intersected	Notes
Chester	West Goshen Township	0.0	US 202	The new southern terminus after 2003 of PA 100.
	West Whiteland Township	2.2	PA 100 (Pottstown Pike)	Former routing of PA 100 before 2003.
		2.8	US 30 (Exton Bypass)	Interchange.
		3.4	US 30 BUS (Lincoln Highway)
	Uwchlan Township	6.4	PA 113 (Uwchlan Avenue)
		7.3	I-76/PA Tpk	Exit 312 (Downingtown Exit) (I-76/PA Turnpike).
	West Vincent Township	11.3	PA 401 (Conestoga Road)
	South Coventry Township	16.1	PA 23 (Ridge Road)
	North Coventry Township	20.3	PA 724 (Schuylkill Road)	Interchange.
		20.7	US 422	Interchange.
Montgomery	Pottstown	21.2	PA 663 (West King Street)	Southern terminus of PA 663.
	Douglass Township	27.3	PA 73 (East Philadelphia Avenue)	Interchange.
Berks	Hereford Township	37.1	PA 29 (Gravel Pike)	Southern terminus of concurrency.
Lehigh	Upper Milford Township	41.2	PA 29 (Chestnut Street)	Northern terminus of concurrency.
	Trexlertown	47.2	US 222 (Hamilton Blvd.)	Former routing of US 222.
		48.7	US 222 (Frederick J. Jaindl, Jr. Memorial Highway)
	Upper Macungie Township	50.4	I-78/US 22	Exit 49 (I-78/US 22).
	Heidelberg Township	58.8	PA 309 (Appalachian Thruway)

[edit] Miscellanea

• Route 100 is home to one of the six Yocco's Hot Dogs restaurants, a world-famous fast food restaurant, known for exceptional hot dogs and cheesesteaks.

[edit] References

v • d • e Road transportation infrastructure of the metro Philadelphia area Interstates I-76 • I-176 • I-276 • I-476 • I-676 • I-95 (PA·DE) • I-295 • I-495 U.S. Routes US 1 • US 13 (PA·DE) • US 30 (PA·NJ) • US 40 (NJ·DE) • US 130 • US 202 (PA·DE) • US 322 (PA·NJ) • US 422 Pennsylvania Routes PA 3 • PA 23 • PA 29 • PA 32 • PA 63 • PA 73 • PA 100 • PA 113 • PA 132 • PA 152 • PA 232 • PA 252 • PA 263 • PA 291 • PA 309 • PA 313 • PA 320 • PA 332 • PA 352 • PA 363 • PA 401 • PA 413 • PA 420 • PA 452 • PA 463 • PA 532 • PA 611 • PA 663 New Jersey Routes NJ 38 • NJ 41 • NJ 42 • NJ 44 • NJ 45 • NJ 47 • NJ 48 • NJ 49 • NJ 55 • NJ 70 • NJ 73 • NJ 90 • NJ 168 • NJ 413 Delaware Routes DE 1 • DE 2 • DE 4 • DE 7 • DE 9 • DE 41 • DE 71 • DE 92 • DE 100 • DE 141 • DE 273 • DE 299 • DE 896 Named roads/streets Benjamin Franklin Parkway • Broad Street • City Avenue • Front Street • Girard Avenue • Market Street • Roosevelt Boulevard • South Street • Chestnut Street • Walnut Street Pennsylvania Turnpike • New Jersey Turnpike • Delaware Turnpike • Schuylkill Expressway • Delaware Expressway • Blue Route • Vine St Expressway • North South Freeway • Lancaster Avenue • Bethlehem Pike • Baltimore Pike • Black Horse Pike Bridges Delaware Memorial Bridge • Commodore Barry Bridge • Walt Whitman Bridge • Ben Franklin Bridge • Betsy Ross Bridge • Tacony-Palmyra Bridge • Burlington-Bristol Bridge • Delaware River-Turnpike Toll Bridge

v • d • e Transportation infrastructure of the Lehigh Valley East-west thru highways I-78 · US 22 · PA 248 View of Allentown Skyline looking northwest from the Albert E. Myers (8th Street) bridge. North-south thru highways Northeast extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike · PA 33 · PA 309 · PA 611 Allentown roads PA 145 · PA 222 · PA 987 · Cedar Crest Boulevard · Lehigh Street · Tilghman Street Bethlehem roads PA 378 · PA 412 · PA 512 · Bethlehem Pike Other roads US 222 · PA 29 · PA 100 · PA 143 · PA 191 · PA 329 · PA 863 · PA 873 · PA 946 Public transportation Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority  · Trans-Bridge Lines Airports Lehigh Valley International Airport · Queen City Airport Waterways and Rail Lehigh Canal · Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal · Norfolk Southern Railway