The Pennsylvania 401 route ( PA 401 ) is a 20.2 mile (32.5 km) east-west route in Berks and Chester County, located southeast of Pennsylvania. The western end is at PA 23 in Caernarvon Township, crossing the border of Elverson. The eastern Terminus is located on Route 30 AS (30 US) at East Whiteland Township, west of Malvern. PA 401 is called Conestoga Road with its entire length and runs through rural areas with suburban development towards the east of the route. PA 401 follows the former freeway hired in 1809 known as Little Conestoga Turnpike. PA 401 was set along Conestoga Road between PA 29 (Phoenixville Pike) and US 30/PA 1 in 1928. The route was extended westward to PA 23 in the 1930s, at which point the entire length was paved.
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Route description
PA 401 begins at the intersection with PA 23 in Caernarvon Township, Berks County, heading southeast on the two-lane Conestoga Road. The route goes to the farming area when it crosses into the Elverson area in Chester County, where it runs between farmland to the north and rural areas of the forest and houses to the south, across PA 82. After this intersection, the road runs between development housing to the northern and rural areas in the south, across to West Nantmeal Township. PA 401 continues into the forest area with several farm fields as it enters East Nantmeal Township and up to the junction of PA 345. At this point, the route continues southeast through more forests before heading to farmland and turning south. The road crosses the forest and turns sharply eastward, entering the farm area with several dwellings. Further east, PA 401 leads to more wooded areas at home as it crosses into West Vincent Township and reaches the PA 100 intersection.
The route continues to the southeast through a mixture of farming, forest, and housing development, briefly crossing into Upper Uwchlan City before returning to West Vincent Township. The road curved south before proceeding southeast to West Pikeland Township and cutting off PA 113. At this intersection, PA 401 passes through residential development forest areas, passing under the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76). Not much later, the route arrived at Charlestown Township and passed more forest areas before moving east to East Whiteland Township. This route passes through more housing construction as it widened to four lanes at the Phoenixville Pike intersection and reached the intersection with the US 202 freeway, where it was a divided highway separately. The route narrows back to an undivided two-lane road through this intersection and crosses the Chester Valley Trail before proceeding southeast to the east terminal at US 30 in the commercial area.
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History
A toll road called Little Conestoga Turnpike was hired on March 16, 1809 to run from Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike near Warren Tavern in northwestern Malvern to Berks County, where it cuts the crossroads between the roads to Morgantown and Reading. When Pennsylvania decided its first route in 1911, the current 401 PA route was not authorized as a route. PA 401 was set in 1928 to walk along Conestoga Road between PA 29 (Phoenixville Pike) and US 30/PA 1 while the west road from PA 29 to PA 23 remained un numbered. At this time, the entire length of Conestoga Road, including the section designated PA 401, is not asphalted. During the 1930s, PA 401 was extended westward along Conestoga Road from PA 29 to the current west terminal at PA 23. At this time, the entire length is paved. PA 401 has remained in the same position ever since.
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PA 401 Alternative Truck
The Pennsylvania 401 Alternate Truck Route is a truck route around a bridge that weighs heavily above the Pickering Creek branch in West Pikeland Township, where trucks with loads greater than 32 tonnes and combined loads of more than 40 tonnes are prohibited. It was signed on November 1, 2013 and directed to Byers Road, Graphite Mine Road, PA 100, and PA 113. It has the Pennsylvania Turnpike intersection at exit 312, running in conjunction with PA 100.
See also
- U.S. Road Portal.
- Portal Pennsylvania
References
External links
- PA 401 Termini
- Cross List
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