Pennsylvania Route 568
Route map:
PA 625 in Brecknock Township PA 10 in Robeson Township | ||||
East end | PA 724 in Robeson Township | |||
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Country | Berks | |||
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Pennsylvania Route 568 (PA 568) is an 11.60-mile-long (18.67 km)
state route in Berks County in east central Pennsylvania, United States. The western terminus is at U.S. Route 222 (US 222) near Adamstown, where PA 568 continues to the southwest as PA 272. The eastern terminus is at PA 724 in the Robeson Township hamlet of Gibraltar. The route is a two-lane undivided road that passes through rural areas in southern Berks County. The route intersects PA 625 in Knauers, passes through Alleghenyville, and forms a brief concurrency with PA 10 in Green Hills
. PA 568 was designated onto its current alignment by 1966. The intersection with US 222 and PA 272 at the western terminus was replaced with an interchange in 2006.
Route description
PA 568 begins at a
History
The present-day alignment of PA 568 was not legislated as part of a route when Pennsylvania first legislated routes in 1911.[4] By 1928, the alignment between Adamstown and Alleghenyville existed as an unpaved road.[5] The roadway between Adamstown and Alleghenyville was paved by 1940.[6] By 1953, the road between Alleghenyville and Gibraltar was paved.[7] PA 568 was designated by 1966 to run from US 222 near Adamstown east to PA 724 in Gibraltar.[8] In 2006, the intersection with US 222 and PA 272 at the western terminus was replaced with an interchange as part of upgrading US 222 to a freeway.[9]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Berks County.
Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Interchange; western terminus; northern terminus of PA 272 | |||||
2.161 | 3.478 | PA 625 (New Holland Road) – Reading, Blue Ball | Hamlet of Knauers | ||
I-176 – Green Hills | West end of PA 10 concurrency | ||||
7.687 | 12.371 | PA 10 south (Morgantown Road) – Beckersville | East end of PA 10 concurrency | ||
11.603 | 18.673 | PA 724 (Philadelphia Avenue) – Shillington, Birdsboro | Eastern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- U.S. Roads portal
- Pennsylvania portal
References
- ^ a b Bureau of Maintenance and Operations (January 2015). Roadway Management System Straight Line Diagrams (Report) (2015 ed.). Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- Berks County (PDF)
- ^ Google (April 18, 2013). "Pennsylvania Route 568" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
- ^ Berks County, Pennsylvania Highway Map (PDF) (Map). PennDOT. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 18, 2011. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
- Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1911. Archived from the original(PDF) on July 5, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
- ^ Pennsylvania Highway Map (Philadelphia Metro) (Map). Gulf Oil. 1928. Retrieved November 8, 2007.
- ^ Official Road Map of Pennsylvania (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1940. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- ^ General Highway Map Berks County, Pennsylvania Sheet 1 (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1953. Retrieved January 6, 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ General Highway Map Berks County, Pennsylvania Sheet 1 (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1966. Retrieved December 14, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Youker, Darrin (June 18, 2006). "The wait is over". Reading Eagle. p. A9. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
External links
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