Pennsylvania Route 10

Pennsylvania Route 10
Route information
Maintained by PennDOT
Length	49 mi (79 km)
Existed	1956–present
Major junctions
Major intersections	US 1 near Oxford US 30 near Parkesburg US 322 in Honey Brook I-76/PA Tpk./I-176 in Morgantown I-176 in Robeson Township
Location
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
Counties	Berks, Chester, Lancaster
Highway system
Pennsylvania State Route System Interstate US State Scenic Legislative
← PA 9 → US 11

Pennsylvania Route 10 (PA 10) or State Route 10 is a 49 mile (79 km) long state route in southeastern Pennsylvania. PA 10 runs parallel to Interstate 176 for less than 13 miles (21 km) near Morgantown. Its southern terminus is at Pennsylvania Route 472 in Oxford. Its northern terminus is at U.S. Route 222 Business in Reading.

Route description

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This is the southern terminus of PA 10 at an intersection with PA 472.

Chester County

The southern terminus is of PA 10 is at an intersection with PA 472 in Oxford. Then about 2 miles north east of Oxford, it meets the Kennet-Oxford Bypass (US 1) at an interchange. In Upper Oxford Township, PA 10 meets with PA 896 which enters the state of Delaware and connects to US 301. 2 miles north of the intersection with PA 896, PA 10 meets with PA 926, a local route in the Chester County area. In West Fallowfield Township, PA 10 meets with PA 41 which also heads into Delaware. In Parkesburg, PA 10 meets with PA 372. A few miles north of the PA 372 intersection, PA 10 meets the Lincoln Highway now signed as U.S. Route 30 in Sadsbury Township. In West Caln Twp., PA 10 intersects PA 340; PA 340 is refered as The Old Philadelphia Pike. North of the intersection with PA 340, PA 10 meets with the 28th Division Highway, which is US 322 in Honey Brook.

Lancaster County

Note that PA 10 slides over into Lancaster County for less than 5 miles and enters the only township in Lancaster County which is Caernarvon Township. Near the Berks County line, PA 10 merges with PA 23.

Berks County

In Berks County, PA 10 enters with a duplex with PA 23. West of Morgantown, passengers can see a ramp from southbound I-176 which no no access from PA 10 because is a one way ramp going south. The duplex with PA 23 comes to end in Morgantown. A mile north of Morgantown, PA 10 meets the southern terminus of I-176 and an enterance to I-76 the Pa Turnpike. PA 10 intersects exit 1 of I-176 and the Morgantown (298) exit of the Pa Turnpike. North of the I-76/I-176 interchange, PA 10 will parallel I-176 for most iof its routing. In Robeson Township PA 10 has a short duplex with PA 568 and has an interchange with I-176 at exit 7. In Cumru Township, PA 10 has a very short duplex with PA 724 which is called Philadelphia Avenue. PA 10 terminates at an intersection with US 222 BUS in Reading. If passengers take US 222 BUS North, they will find US 422 at an interchange.

Communities along the route

Cities

• Reading

Boroughs

• New Morgan
• Honey Brook
• Parkesburg
• Oxford

Townships

• Upper Oxford Township
• Lower Oxford
• West Fallowfield Township
• Highland Township
• West Caln Township
• Honey Brook
• Caernarvon Township (Lancaster)
• Caernarvon Township (Berks)
• Robeson Township
• Cumru

Places

• Morgantown

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Chester	Oxford	0.0	0.0	PA 472
	Lower Oxford Township			US 1	Interchange.
	Upper Oxford Township			PA 896
				PA 926	Western terminus of PA 926.
	West Fallowfield Township			PA 41
	Parkesburg			PA 372
	West Caln Township			US 30	Lincoln Highway.
				PA 340	Southern terminus of duplex.
				PA 340	Northern terminus of duplex.
	Honey Brook			US 322
Lancaster	Caernarvon Township			PA 23	Southern terminus of duplex.
Berks	Morgantown			PA 23	Northern terminus of duplex.
	Caernarvon Township			I-76/PA Turnpike I-176	Southern terminus of I-176. Exit 1 (I-176). Exit 298 (Morgantown Exit) (I-76/PA Turnpike).
	Robeson Township			PA 568	Southern terminus of duplex.
				PA 568	Northern terminus of duplex.
				I-176	Exit 7 (I-176).
	Cumru Township			PA 724	Southern terminus of duplex.
				PA 724	Northern terminus of duplex.
	Reading			US 222 BUS
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

History

From 1935 to the late 1950s and early 1960s, The current PA-10 designation was U.S. Route 122 for most of its length. PA-10 was first signed from 1928 to 1930 on the current U.S. Route 119 alignment between DuBois and Blairsville. The current PA-10 was signed in 1956. Then in 1963, the northern terminus was moved from Pennsylvania Route 23 to its current location.

External links

• PA 10 Junction List