| PA Route 568 | ||||
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| Maintained by PennDOT | ||||
| Length: | 11 mi[1] (18 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1962 – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end: | US 222/PA 272 near Adamstown | |||
| East end: | PA 724 in Robeson Township | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Berks | |||
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Pennsylvania Route 568 is an 11-mile (18 km) 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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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 concurrency southward for roughly 400 feet (120 m). 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.
The entire route is in Berks County.
| Location | Mile | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Adamstown | 0.0 | US 222 / PA 272 (North Reading Road) | Interchange, Western terminus, Northern terminus of PA 272 | |
| Brecknock Township | PA 625 (New Holland Road) | Hamlet of Knauers | ||
| Robeson Township | PA 10 north (Morgantown Road) | West end of PA 10 concurrency | ||
| PA 10 south (Morgantown Road) | East end of PA 10 concurrency | |||
| PA 724 (Philadelphia Avenue) | Eastern terminus, Hamlet of Gibraltar | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||