Pennsylvania Route 332: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|HighwayState highway in Pennsylvania, US}}

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'''Pennsylvania Route 332''' ('''PA 332''') is a state highway in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Pennsylvania]]. The route runs {{convert|17.5|mi|km}} from [[Pennsylvania Route 263|PA 263]] in [[Hatboro, Pennsylvania|Hatboro]], [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Montgomery County]], east to [[Pennsylvania Route 32|PA 32]] in [[Yardley, Pennsylvania|Yardley]], [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Bucks County]]. PA 332 runs through suburban areas to the north of [[Philadelphia]], serving [[Warminster, Pennsylvania|Warminster]], [[Ivyland, Pennsylvania|Ivyland]], [[Richboro, Pennsylvania|Richboro]], and [[Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Newtown]]. The route is two lanes wide most of its length, with the bypass around Newtown a four-lane [[divided highway]]. PA 332 intersects [[Pennsylvania Route 132|PA 132]] in Warminster, [[Pennsylvania Route 232|PA 232]] in Richboro, [[Pennsylvania Route 413|PA 413]] and [[Pennsylvania Route 532|PA 532]] in Newtown (all three run [[concurrency (road)|concurrently]] on the Newtown Bypass), and [[Interstate 295 (Delaware–Pennsylvania)|Interstate 295]] (I-295) in [[Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Makefield Township]].

What would become PA 332 between Newtown and Yardley was designated part of Legislative Route 252 in 1911. PA 332 was created in 1928 to run from PA 263 in Hatboro east to Ivyland with the road between Newtown and Yardley designated as part of PA 532. In 1937, PA 332 was extended to [[Pennsylvania Route 113|PA 113]] in Newtown. The route was extended to Yardley in 1946, replacing PA 532. PA 332 was routedrerouted to bypass Newtown in 1991 when the eastern portion of the Newtown Bypass was completed.

[[File:PA 332 EB past County Line Road intersection.jpeg|thumb|left|PA&nbsp;332 eastbound past East County Line Road in Warminster Township]]PA&nbsp;332 begins at an intersection with [[Pennsylvania Route 263|PA&nbsp;263]] ([[Old York Road|North York Road]]) in the borough of [[Hatboro, Pennsylvania|Hatboro]] in [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Montgomery County]], heading east on East Montgomery Avenue, a two-lane undivided roadway. The road passes through residential areas, crossing [[SEPTA]]'s [[Warminster Line]] at-grade. Immediately after crossing the railroad tracks, the route turns northeast onto Jacksonville Road and runs through industrial areas with some homes and businesses.<ref name=gm>{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=PA+263+and+PA+332&daddr=PA+32+and+PA+332&hl=en&sll=40.2052,-75.21678&sspn=0.508681,1.352692&geocode=FT8WZQIdhPqF-yllRlLlTK7GiTHzQq-BCS-nFQ%3BFZQWZgIdrxaK-ykZeoRNUFbBiTFfEnRwFfEcqQ&vpsrc=0&mra=ls&t=h&z=12|title=overview of Pennsylvania Route 332|accessdateaccess-date=January 4, 2012}}</ref><ref name=adcmontgomery>{{cite map|publisher=[[ADC Map]]|title=Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |year=2006|edition=18th|scale= 1"=2000'|isbn=0-87530-775-2}}</ref>

PA&nbsp;332 intersects East County Line Road and it enters [[Warminster Township, Pennsylvania|Warminster Township]] in [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Bucks County]], gaining a [[center left-turn lane]]. The road passes between the [[Warminster station (SEPTA)|Warminster station]] that serves as the terminus of SEPTA's Warminster Line to the west and the neighborhood of [[Warminster Heights, Pennsylvania|Warminster Heights]] to the east. The route loses the center turn lane before it widens to four lanes and crosses [[Pennsylvania Route 132|PA&nbsp;132]] near businesses as it continues near industrial parks. The road narrows back to two lanes past the Johnsville Boulevard intersection and enters the borough of [[Ivyland, Pennsylvania|Ivyland]], heading past homes. The route becomes the border between Ivyland to the northwest and Warminster Township to the southeast prior to crossing Bristol Road into [[Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Northampton Township]]. PA&nbsp;332 continues between industrial areas to the northwest and residential areas to the southeast, reaching an intersection with Almshouse Road in the community of [[Jacksonville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Jacksonville]].<ref name=gm/><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>

Upon intersecting Lindenhurst Road/Campus Drive north of the Newtown Campus of [[Holy Family University]], the route enters [[Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Makefield Township]] and becomes Newtown Yardley Road. The road passes through farmland before heading north of an office park and reaching a [[partial cloverleaf interchange]] with [[Interstate 295 (Delaware–Pennsylvania)|I-295]]. Following this interchange, PA&nbsp;332 becomes a two-lane undivided road and intersects Mirror Lake Road before it enters residential areas and crosses [[Buck Creek (Delaware River tributary)|Buck Creek]]. The route reaches a junction with Yardley Langhorne Road and turns northeast onto Afton Avenue. PA&nbsp;332 crosses intoenters the borough of [[Yardley, Pennsylvania|Yardley]], where it is known as West Afton Avenue. The road heads into the downtown area and crosses Main Street, where the road name changes to East Afton Avenue, and the [[Delaware Canal]]. PA&nbsp;332 comes to its eastern terminus at an intersection with [[Pennsylvania Route 32|PA&nbsp;32]], which runs along the west bank of the [[Delaware River]].<ref name=gm/><ref name=adcbucks/>

[[File:PA 332 WB-PA 413-PA 532 NB onpast NewtownSycamore BypassStreet.jpgjpeg|thumb|right|PA 332 westbound along with northbound PA 413 and northbound and PA 532 northbound on the Newtown Bypass]]

What would become PA&nbsp;332 between Newtown and Yardley was designated as part of Legislative Route&nbsp;252 in 1911, which continued southeast from Yardley to [[Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Morrisville]].<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=June 24, 2010|archive-date=March 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302111938/http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_PDF_FILES/MAPS/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1911.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1928, PA&nbsp;332 was designated to run from PA&nbsp;263 in Hatboro east to Ivyland, with the portion of road between Newtown and Yardley designated as part of PA&nbsp;532. Between Ivyland and Newtown, the road remained an unnumbered road that was paved with the exception of a portion west of Newtown.<ref name="PennDOT 1928">{{cite map|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Highways|title=Map of Pennsylvania| url=http://www.mapsofpa.com/art9pics/1928-1131-2.jpg|year=1928|accessdateaccess-date=May 7, 2015}}</ref> PA&nbsp;332 was extended from Ivyland east to end at [[Pennsylvania Route 113|PA&nbsp;113]] (State Street) in Newtown in 1937, with the entire route paved by 1940. PA&nbsp;332 entered Newtown from the west on Richboro Road.<ref name=inq1937>{{cite news|title=State Highways Are Renumbered|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=May 2, 1937|url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2023/Philadelphia%20PA%20Inquirer/Philadelphia%20PA%20Inquirer%201937/Philadelphia%20PA%20Inquirer%201937%20-%206494.pdf#xml=http://fultonhistory.com/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll?cmd=getpdfhits&u=fffffffff8d42980&DocId=1268284&Index=Z%3a%5cDISK%20S&HitCount=3&hits=312+313+422+&SearchForm=%2fFulton%5fNew%5fform%2ehtml&.pdf|accessdateaccess-date=February 22, 2017}}</ref><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=June 24, 2010|archive-date=March 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307013539/http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_PDF_FILES/MAPS/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1940fr.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1943, PA&nbsp;332 within Warminster Township was widened as part of a military access road to [[Naval Air Development Center, Johnsville]], costing $93,789.<ref name=bdc81843>{{cite news|title=To Receive Bids for Widening Route 332|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4030918/pa_332_widening_bids_august_18_1943/|accessdateaccess-date=January 1, 2017|work=The Bristol Daily Courier|date=August 18, 1943|page=1|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{open access}}</ref><ref name=bdc9243>{{cite news|title=State Receive Bids To Widen Route 332|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4030926/pa_332_bids_received_september_2_1943/|accessdateaccess-date=January 1, 2017|work=The Bristol Daily Courier|date=September 2, 1943|page=1|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{open access}}</ref>

In 1946, PA&nbsp;332 was extended east to Yardley, replacing that portion of PA&nbsp;532. The route continued north from its previous eastern terminus on PA&nbsp;413 (former PA&nbsp;113, State Street) before turning east on Washington Street and leaving Newtown on Newtown Yardley Road.<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><ref name="PennDOT 1950">{{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/1950fr.pdf|year=1950|accessdateaccess-date=January 27, 2011|archive-date=March 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307034421/http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_PDF_FILES/MAPS/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1950fr.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The portion of the Newtown Bypass carrying PA&nbsp;332 west of PA&nbsp;413 (Newtown Langhorne Road) was completed as part of a western bypass of Newtown for PA&nbsp;413 in 1977. In September&nbsp;1989, construction began to extend the Newtown Bypass east to the interchange between PA&nbsp;332 and [[Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania|I-95]] (now I-295).<ref name=inq>{{cite news |date=September 10, 1989|last=Gagnier|first=Mary|title=At Long Last Start Of Bypass Extension Is Marked |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|url=http://articles.philly.com/1989-09-10/news/26102023_1_safer-route-ceremony-heavy-trucks|accessdateaccess-date=January 4, 2012}}</ref> Construction on this bypass was completed in November&nbsp;1991 at a cost of $16.6&nbsp;million.<ref name=inq2>{{cite news |date=June 11, 1997|last=Bishop|first=Todd|title=Newtown Traffic Solution 2 First Was The Bypass, Now So Busy, Drivers Are Leaving It. The Sequel: New Traffic Light Timers.|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|url=http://articles.philly.com/1997-06-11/news/25525631_1_traffic-signals-congestion-accidents-or-special-events|accessdateaccess-date=January 4, 2012}}</ref> With the completion of this bypass, PA&nbsp;332 was routedrerouted to bypass Newtown.<ref name="PennDOT Bucks 1991">{{cite map|publisher=[[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]]|title=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=January 4, 2012}}</ref> On April&nbsp;22,&nbsp;2014, the portion of PA&nbsp;332 along the Newtown Bypass west of the PA&nbsp;413 split at Newtown Langhorne Road was renamed the Officer Gregg Memorial Bypass in honor of Brian S. Gregg, a borough of Newtown police officer who was killed in the line of duty on September&nbsp;29,&nbsp;2005.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Fitzpatrick Recognizes Naming Of 'Brian S. Gregg Memorial Highway'|publisher=Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick|date=April 22, 2014|url=http://fitzpatrick.house.gov/press-release/fitzpatrick-recognizes-naming-%E2%80%98brian-s-gregg-memorial-highway%E2%80%99|accessdateaccess-date=November 26, 2017|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425045055/https://fitzpatrick.house.gov/press-release/fitzpatrick-recognizes-naming-%E2%80%98brian-s-gregg-memorial-highway%E2%80%99|archivedatearchive-date=April 25, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Finley|first=Ben|title=Portion of Newtown Bypass named after fallen officer|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=April 22, 2014|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/bucksinq/Portion-of-Newtown-Bypass-named-after-fallen-officer-.html|accessdateaccess-date=November 26, 2017}}</ref>

|notes=Exit 8 on I-295; former [[Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania|I-95]]