From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pennsylvania Route 926 is a 26 mile long state route located west of Philadelphia in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The western terminus of the route is at Pennsylvania Route 10 in Upper Oxford Township. The eastern terminus is at the West Chester Pike (Pennsylvania Route 3) in the Philadelphia suburb of Willistown Township, Pennsylvania.
The route is known as Street Road for its entire length. For a while 926 serves as the county line between Delaware and Chester Counties and thus technically could be considered a part of Delaware County.
[edit] Route description
Pennsylvania Route 926 heads east from PA 10, crossing into Londonderry Township, where it intersects Pennsylvania Route 796 and then Pennsylvania Route 41. It then continues east, closely following the border of West Marlborough and London Grove Townships, and intersects Pennsylvania Route 841. It then fully enters West Marlborough Township for a short distance before entering East Marlborough Township, where it intersects Pennsylvania Route 82. At the border with Pennsbury Township, PA 926 crosses Pennsylvania Route 52. It then skirts through the northern part of Pennsbury Township and the southern part of Pocopson Township before crossing the Brandywine Creek into Birmingham Township. Just after crossing the Brandywine Creek, PA 926 intersects Creek Road, which was the routing of Pennsylvania Route 100 until 2003, when it was truncated from the Delaware border to U.S. Route 202 north of West Chester. PA 926 continues east through Birmingham Township and then forms the border between Westtown Township and Thornbury Township. The route then intersects U.S. Route 202 and U.S. Route 322. It then briefly forms the border between Westtown Township in Chester County, and Thornbury Township, Delaware County before intersecting Pennsylvania Route 352, where it fully enters Westtown Township for a short distance before crossing into Willistown Township, where it continues to its eastern terminus at Pennsylvania Route 3.
[edit] History
The route was first signed in 1928.
[edit] Major intersections
[edit] Miscellanea
- The path of PA 926 was one of William Penn's original roads into the wilderness of his land grant.
- In recent years, the once country road has experienced a large amount of development along its eastern half as many new upscale homes have sprung up along its course. While the western end has largely remained rural, development is slowly starting pop up along the road as well.
[edit] References
PA 10 in Upper Oxford Township
PA 3 in Willistown Township
PA 796 (Jennersville Road)
PA 41 (Gap Newport Pike)
PA 841 (Coatesville Road)
PA 82 (Unionville Road)
PA 52 (Lenape Road)
PA 100 (Creek Road)
US 202/US 322 (Wilmington Pike)
PA 352 (Chester Road-Middletown Road)
