Pennsylvania Route 652

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PA Route 652

Length:

10 mi^[1] (16 km)

Formed:

1972

West end:

US 6 in Texas Twp.

East end:

NY 52/Sullivan CR 24 in Damascus Twp.

Counties:

Wayne

Pennsylvania State Routes
< PA 646		PA 653 >
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Pennsylvania Route 652 is a 10 mile long east-west state highway located in northeast Pennsylvania. The western terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 6 in the Texas Township community of Indian Orchard. The eastern terminus is at the New York-Pennsylvania border in Damascus Township, where PA 652 continues into New York as New York State Route 52.

1 History
- 1.1 Original alignment
- 1.2 Modern alignment
2 References

[edit] History

[edit] Original alignment

PA 652 was initially assigned in 1928 to a series of local streets in the northwestern suburbs of Philadelphia. The southern terminus of the route was at the modern U.S. Route 30/Old Eagle School Road intersection on the Chester-Delaware county line near Devon to the west and Wayne to the east. PA 652 followed Old Eagle School Road north to King of Prussia, where the route turned east onto East Swedesford Road. At the location of the modern U.S. Route 422/U.S. Route 202 interchange, PA 652 turned north onto Guthrie Road, running alongside the right-of-way of what is now the US 422 expressway to North Gulph Road. PA 652 continued north on Gulph to the Valley Forge National Historical Park, where it terminated at Pennsylvania Route 23.^[1]

In 1946, PA 652 was turned back along its entire length, transferring control of the roads to local highway departments. The portion of the route between Guthrie Road and PA 23 returned to state control in 1967 when Pennsylvania Route 363 was routed onto North Gulph Road. In 1985, PA 363 was truncated to its present southern terminus at US 422 on the north bank of the Schuylkill River, allowing Gulph Road to become locally maintained once more.^[1]^[2]

[edit] Modern alignment

From 1926 to 1972, the modern routing of PA 652 was part of U.S. Route 106. The road also carried a portion of Pennsylvania Route 19 from 1927 to 1930. In 1972, US 106 was deleted and replaced with the PA 652 designation between Indian Orchard and the Delaware River.^[1]