Pennsylvania Route 212
State highway in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pennsylvania Route 212 (PA 212) is a 14.9-mile-long (24.0 km) state highway in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The route runs from PA 313 in the borough of Quakertown northeast to PA 611 in Durham Township, just south of the borough of Riegelsville. The route, which is a two-lane undivided road its entire length, passes through rural areas of northern Bucks County, serving Richlandtown and Springtown. PA 212 has a concurrency with PA 412 through the Springtown area.
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Maintained by PennDOT | ||||
Length | 14.918 mi[1] (24.008 km) | |||
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West end | PA 313 in Quakertown | |||
Major intersections | PA 412 in Springtown | |||
East end | PA 611 near Riegelsville | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | Pennsylvania | |||
Counties | Bucks | |||
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The westernmost part of PA 212 between Quakertown and Richlandtown was part of the Richland Turnpike or Plank Road Company, a company established in 1854 to build a turnpike connecting present-day PA 313 and PA 412. PA 212 was first designated by 1927 to run from U.S. Route 309 (US 309, now PA 309) and PA 312 (now PA 663) in Quakertown northeast to US 611 (now PA 611) in Riegelsville. The easternmost part of PA 212 was completed by 1940. PA 313 was designated concurrent with PA 212 on Broad Street in Quakertown by the 1970s. By the 1990s, the west end of PA 212 was cut back to its current location, removing the concurrency with PA 313.