U.S. Route 202 Business (Montgomeryville–Doylestown, Pennsylvania)

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U.S. Route 202 Business marker

U.S. Route 202 Business

Map
Route information
Auxiliary route of US 202
Maintained by PennDOT
Length9.118 mi[1] (14.674 km)
Existed2015–present
Major junctions
South end US 202 near Montgomeryville
Major intersections PA 63 near Montgomeryville
PA 309 in Montgomeryville
PA 463 in Montgomeryville
PA 152 in Chalfont
North end PA 611 near Doylestown
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountiesMontgomery, Bucks
Highway system

U.S. Route 202 Business (US 202 Bus.) is a 10-mile (16 km) business route of US 202 in Montgomery and Bucks counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, running between Montgomeryville and Doylestown. The route heads northeast from US 202 in Upper Gwynedd Township along five-lane Dekalb Pike through residential and commercial areas. In Montgomeryville, the route turns north to run concurrent with Pennsylvania Route 309 (PA 309) on five-lane Bethlehem Pike past several businesses. US 202 Bus. splits from PA 309 by turning northeast onto two-lane Doylestown Road. The route crosses into Bucks County and becomes Butler Avenue, passing through Chalfont and New Britain and curving east. West of Doylestown, the business route ends at an interchange with PA 611 in Doylestown Township.

The road between Montgomeryville and Doylestown was originally designated as

US 122 in 1926, with PA 52 running concurrent for a short time in the late 1920s. US 202 replaced the US 122 designation in 1934. US 202 was moved to a freeway bypass of Doylestown in the 1970s, heading south from State Street on PA 611 before heading east on its own. In 2012, US 202 was moved to a newly built parkway running between Montgomeryville and Doylestown, leaving the former alignment without a signed route designation. As a result of the realignment of US 202, several businesses along the former alignment saw declines in customers. The businesses lobbied for the former alignment to be designated as US 202 Bus.; the designation was approved by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
(AASHTO) in 2015.

Route description

US 202 Bus. northbound past PA 309/PA 463 in Montgomeryville

US 202 Bus. begins at an intersection with

divided Bethlehem Pike, passing between the shopping mall to the west and the Airport Square shopping center to the east. The two routes head north past more businesses and become a five-lane road with a center left-turn lane past the North Wales Road intersection. PA 309/US 202 Bus. turns into a four-lane divided highway again and continues into the community of Montgomeryville.[2][3] Here, the roadway comes to the Five Points intersection, where PA 463 crosses PA 309/US 202 Bus. and US 202 Bus. splits from PA 309 by heading northeast onto Doylestown Road.[2][3][4] The route passes businesses as a two-lane divided road before gaining a center turn lane and running through wooded residential areas, heading to the southeast of a golf course and housing development. The road loses the turn lane and continues past homes before heading into business areas and coming to an intersection with County Line Road.[2][3]

US 202 Bus. northbound in New Britain

Upon crossing County Line Road, US 202 Bus. leaves the North Penn Valley region and enters

quadrant route.[2][5]

History

When routes were first legislated in Pennsylvania in 1911, what is now US 202 Bus. was part of Legislative Route 178, which ran between

US 309 (now PA 309) was widened into a multilane road in the 1930s.[11][12]

US 202 Bus. at its northern terminus at PA 611 in Doylestown Township

In the 1970s, US 202 was rerouted to a freeway bypass of Doylestown instead of passing through the borough on State Street, heading south with PA 611 before heading east on its own.[13] On December 3, 2012, US 202 was realigned onto a newly constructed parkway between Montgomeryville and Doylestown. The US 202 parkway was built in order to reduce congestion on the former alignment between Montgomeryville and Doylestown.[14] The former alignment was designated as SR 2202 in Montgomery County and SR 4202 in Bucks County.[3][5] As a result of the removal of the US 202 designation from the former alignment, several businesses along the former route saw declines in customers. In 2014, several businesses along the former US 202 pushed for the state to designate the road as US 202 Bus. in order to help them gain customers.[15] The AASHTO Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering approved the US 202 Bus. designation on May 13, 2015.[16]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
MontgomeryUpper Gwynedd Township0.0000.000 US 202 (Dekalb Pike)Southern terminus
Upper Gwynedd–Montgomery
township line
0.2260.364

 PA 63 (Welsh Road) to US 202 north
Philadelphia
South end of PA 309 overlap
2.2993.700
 PA 309 north (Bethlehem Pike) – Quakertown
PA 463 (Cowpath Road / Horsham Road) – Lansdale, Hatboro		North end of PA 309 overlap
BucksChalfont5.4178.718
 PA 152 south (Limekiln Pike)		South end of PA 152 overlap
5.5768.974
 PA 152 north (Main Street)		North end of PA 152 overlap
Doylestown Township9.11814.674 PA 611 (Doylestown Bypass) – Easton, New HopeInterchange; northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d Google (June 3, 2015). "overview of U.S. Route 202 Business" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Highway Map (PDF) (Map). PennDOT. 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
  4. ^ Sokil, Dan (April 21, 2015). "Montgomery Township sells rights-of-way for Five Points widening project". North Penn Life. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  5. ^ a b Bucks County, Pennsylvania Highway Map (PDF) (Map). PennDOT. 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  6. Pennsylvania Department of Highways
    . 1911. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  7. ^ Pennsylvania Highway Map (eastern side) (Map). Gulf Oil. 1926. Retrieved December 26, 2007.
  8. OCLC 32889555. Retrieved November 7, 2013 – via Wikimedia Commons
    .
  9. ^ Pennsylvania Highway Map (Philadelphia Metro) (Map). Gulf Oil. 1928. Retrieved November 8, 2007.
  10. ^ Tourist Map of Pennsylvania (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1930. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  11. ^ Official Road Map of Pennsylvania (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1940. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  12. ^ "U.S. 202 - Maine to Delaware - General Highway History - Highway History - Federal Highway Administration". www.fhwa.dot.gov. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  13. ^ Pennsylvania Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. 1980. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  14. WCAU-TV
    . December 3, 2012. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  15. ^ Levenson, Edward (June 10, 2014). "Towns push for new road name: Business Route 202". The Intelligencer. Doylestown, PA. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  16. ^ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (May 14, 2015). "Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering Spring 2015 Report to the Standing Committee on Highways" (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 3, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2015.

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