Pennsylvania Route 313: Difference between revisions

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PA 313 begins at an intersection with [[Pennsylvania Route 309|PA 309]] and the northern terminus of [[Pennsylvania Route 663|PA 663]] in the borough of [[Quakertown, Pennsylvania|Quakertown]] in [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Bucks County]]. Past the western terminus, the roadway continues as PA 663. From this intersection, PA 313 heads east on two-lane [[divided highway|divided]] West Broad Street, which soon gains a [[center left-turn lane]] briefly before becoming a two-lane undivided road. The road passes a mix of homes and businesses before continuing into residential areas past the Main Street intersection. The route enters the commercial downtown of Quakertown, where it splits into a [[one-way pair]] with two lanes in each direction. PA 313 turns into a two-way, two-lane undivided road again and has a grade crossing with the [[Bethlehem Line]], a railroad line that is owned by [[SEPTA]] and operated by the [[East Penn Railroad]], north of the former [[Quakertown station]], becoming East Broad Street and coming to an intersection with the western terminus of [[Pennsylvania Route 212|PA 212]]. Following this intersection, the road passes homes, turning to the southeast and crossing [[Beaver Run (Tohickon Creek)|Beaver Run]]. PA 313 continues near more residences with some businesses, making a turn to the east and leaving Quakertown for [[Richland Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Richland Township]]. Here, the route becomes Doylestown Pike and heads southeast through areas of fields and woods with some homes, crossing [[Morgan Creek (Tohickon Creek)|Morgan Creek]]. The road heads into more forested areas and enters [[East Rockhill Township, Pennsylvania|East Rockhill Township]] at the Rockhill Road intersection, where the name changes to Dublin Pike. PA 313 comes to an intersection with [[Pennsylvania Route 563|PA 563]], which heads northeast to [[Nockamixon State Park]], at which point PA 563 joins PA 313 in a [[concurrency (road)|concurrency]]. The road passes to the southwest of the state park and continues through a mix of farm fields and woods with occasional residences, crossing [[Threemile Run (Tohickon Creek)|Threemile Run]]. PA 563 splits from PA 313 by heading southwest on Ridge Road.<ref name="Google">{{google maps |url=httphttps://goowww.glgoogle.com/maps?saddr=W+Broad+St&daddr=PA-313+E/hlq6mRte+313+E/State+313+E/State+Rte+313+E/Swamp+Rd&hl=en&sll=40.300001,-75.082304&sspn=0.009475,0.021136&geocode=FegeaQId8x-C-w;FQvwZgIdN1SG-w&t=h&mra=ls&z=12|title=overview map of Pennsylvania Route 313 |accessdateaccess-date=August 20, 2007}}</ref><ref name=adcbucks>{{cite map|publisher=[[ADC Map]]|title=Bucks County, Pennsylvania |year=2006|edition=19th|scale= 1"=2000'|isbn=0-87530-774-4}}</ref>

Past this intersection, PA 313 continues southeast, passing through more rural areas. At the Old Bethlehem Road intersection, the route becomes the border between [[Bedminster Township, Pennsylvania|Bedminster Township]] to the northeast and [[Hilltown Township, Pennsylvania|Hilltown Township]] to the southwest, crossing the [[East Branch Perkiomen Creek]] and running through agricultural areas with some woods and homes. The road comes to a junction with [[Pennsylvania Route 113|PA 113]] in [[Kulps Corner, Pennsylvania|Kulps Corner]], at which point there are a few businesses. PA 313 heads into the borough of [[Dublin, Pennsylvania|Dublin]] at the RickertRickerts Road intersection and becomes North Main Street, where it passes homes and businesses and intersects Elephant Road/Maple Avenue. The route runs past more residences as South Main Street before it leaves Dublin and forms the border between Bedminster Township and Hilltown Township again, with the name changing back to Dublin Pike. The road heads into rural areas with some development and becomes Swamp Road as Old Dublin Pike loops to the north to intersect Applebutter Road. The route becomes the border between [[Plumstead Township, Pennsylvania|Plumstead Township]] to the northeast and Hilltown Township to the southwest before it intersects Old Dublin Pike again. At the intersection with Stump Road/Upper Stump Road, PA 313 becomes the line between Plumstead Township to the northeast and [[New Britain Township, Pennsylvania|New Britain Township]] to the southwest, continuing through farmland with some woods and homes. The route passes to the northeast of [[Peace Valley Park]], with access to the park provided by New Galena Road, and crosses the [[North Branch Neshaminy Creek]] before it comes to an intersection with Ferry Road in the community of [[Fountainville, Pennsylvania|Fountainville]]; Ferry Road also provides access to Peace Valley Park.<ref name="Google"/><ref name=adcbucks/>

[[File:PA 313 WB shield past PA 611.jpeg|thumb|rightleft|PA 313 westbound past PA 611 in Doylestown]]At this point, the road becomes the border between Plumstead Township to the northeast and [[Doylestown Township, Pennsylvania|Doylestown Township]] to the southwest, heading past residential subdivisions and crossing [[Pine Run (North Branch Neshaminy Creek)|Pine Run]]. PA 313 heads into commercial areas and widens into a four-lane divided highway as it comes to a partial interchange with the [[Pennsylvania Route 611|PA 611]] freeway bypass of the borough of [[Doylestown, Pennsylvania|Doylestown]], with access to southbound PA 611 and from northbound PA 611. The route passes more businesses as a five-lane road with a center left-turn lane, becoming the border between [[Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Buckingham Township]] to the northeast and Doylestown Township to the southwest before crossing North Easton Road/North Main Street, with North Easton Road providing access to northbound PA 611 and from southbound PA 611. Past the Old Easton Road intersection a short distance later, the road narrows to two lanes and runs along the line between Buckingham Township to the northeast and Doylestown to the southwest, passing homes and businesses before running between farm fields to the northeast and Fonthill County Park to the southwest, which contains the [[Fonthill (house)|Fonthill Museum]] and the [[Moravian Pottery and Tile Works]]. PA 313 fully enters Doylestown at the Court Street intersection and passes through residential areas. The route becomes the border between Buckingham Township and Doylestown again as it runs near more homes and reaches an intersection with [[U.S. Route 202 in Pennsylvania|US 202]]. Following this intersection, PA 313 forms the border between Buckingham Township to the northeast and Doylestown Township to the southwest, passing through a mix of woods and residential subdivisions before it reaches its eastern terminus at an intersection with [[Pennsylvania Route 263|PA 263]] ([[Old York Road|York Road]]) in the community of [[Furlong, Pennsylvania|Furlong]]. Past this intersection, Swamp Road continues southeast along unsigned [[quadrant route]]s toward the borough of [[Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Newtown]].<ref name="Google"/><ref name=adcbucks/>

Swamp Road dates back to 1737, when the Newtown Road was constructed and connected Newtown with Quakertown and [[Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Milford Township]].<ref name="bucks">{{cite book|last=Davis|first=William W.H.|title=History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: From the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time|volume=1|publisher=Lewis Publishing Company|year=1905|page=675|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bwtNS1C8ljwC&pg=PA675&dq=swamp+road+bucks+county&hlpg=en&sa=X&ei=OmvHUpTRBpDJsQTYpYDADw&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=swamp%20road%20bucks%20county&f=falsePA675|accessdateaccess-date=January 3, 2014}}</ref> The Dublin Pike was constructed in 1876.<ref name=history>{{cite book|accessdateaccess-date=March 7, 2011|title=History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania|page=[https://archive.org/details/historybuckscou00unkngoog/page/n376 341]|publisher=A. Warner & Co.|year=1887|url=https://archive.org/details/historybuckscou00unkngoog|quote=dublin pike bucks county.}}</ref> When Pennsylvania first legislated routes in 1911, what is now PA 313 from northwest of Dublin to Doylestown was legislated as part of Legislative Route 154.<ref name="PennDOT 1911">{{cite map|publisher=[[Pennsylvania Department of Highways]]|title=Map of Pennsylvania Showing State Highways|url=http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_PDF_FILES/MAPS/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1911.pdf|year=1911|accessdateaccess-date=January 1, 2014}}</ref> By 1927, PA 212 was designated on the westernmost part of current PA 313 between US 309 (now PA 309) and Hellertown Avenue in Quakertown and PA 113 was designated along the part of present-day PA 313 between Kulps Corner and Doylestown. PA 113 split from Swamp Road and followed present-day Old Dublin Pike to [[U.S. Route 611|US 611]] (Main Street) in Doylestown, where it turned south for a concurrency.<ref name=ttmap>{{cite map|url=http://www.jimmyandsharonwilliams.com/njroads/1920s/maps/1927tt2.jpg|title=Map of New Jersey|year=1927|publisher=Tydol Trails|accessdateaccess-date=February 9, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514153745/http://www.jimmyandsharonwilliams.com/njroads/1920s/maps/1927tt2.jpg|archivedatearchive-date=May 14, 2011}}</ref> PA 313 was designated by 1930 to run from PA 212 at Hellertown Avenue in Quakertown southeast to PA 113 and [[Pennsylvania Route 413|PA 413]] in Kulps Corner. At this time, the route southeast of Quakertown was under construction.<ref name="PennDOT 1930">{{cite map|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Highways|title=Tourist Map of Pennsylvania|url=http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_PDF_FILES/MAPS/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1930fr.pdf|year=1930|accessdateaccess-date=January 1, 2014}}</ref> The portion of PA 313 between Quakertown and Kulps Corner was completed during the 1930s.<ref name="PennDOT 1940">{{cite map|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Highways|title=Official Road Map of Pennsylvania|url=http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_PDF_FILES/MAPS/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1940fr.pdf |year=1940|accessdateaccess-date=January 1, 2014}}</ref> PA 313 was extended southeast to US 611 (Main Street) and Old Dublin Pike in Doylestown in 1946, replacing the portion of PA 113 between Kulps Corner and Doylestown.<ref>{{cite map|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Highways|title=Map of Bucks County|url=http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_PDF_FILES/MAPS/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Bucks_1946.pdf|year=1946|accessdateaccess-date=October 18, 2017}}</ref> By 1950, PA 313 was realigned to follow Swamp Road southeast to end at US 202 east of Doylestown, leaving the section of Old Dublin Pike heading into Doylestown unnumbered.<ref>{{cite map|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Highways|title=General Highway Map Bucks County Pennsylvania|url=http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_PDF_FILES/MAPS/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Bucks_1950_Sheet_1.pdf|year=1950|accessdateaccess-date=October 18, 2017}}</ref> PA 313 was extended west to run concurrent with PA 212 through Quakertown to end at its current western terminus with PA 309 and PA 663 by 1971.<ref>{{cite map|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Transportation|title=General Highway Map Bucks County Pennsylvania|url=http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_PDF_FILES/MAPS/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Bucks_1971_Sheet_1.pdf|year=1971|accessdateaccess-date=October 18, 2017}}</ref> By 1980, PA 313 was extended southeast to end at its present location at PA 263.<ref name="PennDOT 1980">{{cite map|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Transportation|title=Pennsylvania Official Transportation Map|url=https://gis.penndot.gov/BPR_PDF_FILES/MAPS/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1980fr.pdf|year=1980|accessdateaccess-date=October 24, 2011}}</ref> By 1991, the concurrency with PA 212 through Quakertown was removed.<ref>{{cite map|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Transportation|title=General Highway Map Bucks County Pennsylvania|url=http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_PDF_FILES/MAPS/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Bucks_1991_Sheet_1.pdf|year=1991|accessdateaccess-date=October 18, 2017}}</ref>

===CurrentPA 313 Truck===

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'''Pennsylvania Route 313 Truck''' signs are posted to direct trucks from westbound PA 212 to PA 313 in the borough of Quakertown, avoiding the intersection between PA 212 and PA 313. From PA 212, the route runs west on Mill Street and south on 4th Street to PA 313.<ref name=gm3>{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/40.4458107,-75.3340183/40.4414342,-75.3390179/@40.4435767,-75.3383574,606m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en|title=overview of Pennsylvania Route 313 Truck|accessdateaccess-date=July 30, 2015}}</ref>

===FormerPA 313 Alternate Truck===

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'''Pennsylvania Route 313 Alternate Truck''' was a [[truck route]] around a weight-restricted bridge over Beaver Run in Quakertown, on which trucks over 36 tons and combination loads over 40 tons were prohibited. The route followed PA 309, Lawn Avenue, and PA 563. It was signed in 2013, but the bridge was repaired in 2015, thusresulting decommissioningin PAthe 313deletion Alt.of Truckthe in 2015route.<ref name=gm2>{{google maps|url=httphttps://goowww.glgoogle.com/maps/Us7SB?saddr=W+Broad+St&daddr=40.397991,-75.3375149+to:PA-313+E&hl=en&sll=40.39951,-75.310078&sspn=0.075691,0.169086&geocode=Fe0eaQIdNx-C-w;FadsaAId1nCC-ykFzZwiYR_EiTF7RzVXlC2ukw;FdKSaAIdcp2D-w&t=h&mra=ls&via=1&z=12|title=overview of Pennsylvania Route 313 Alternate Truck|accessdateaccess-date=April 21, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Risk-Based Bridge Postings -– State and Local Bridges|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Transportation|date=October 8, 2013|url=http://www.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/InfoBridge/PennDOT-Risk-Based-Postings_REPORT_all-bridges-by-county.pdf|accessdateaccess-date=December 18, 2014}}</ref>