State highway in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States
This article is about the current route. For the PA Route 12 in the 1920s, see Baltimore Pike. For the PA Route 12 in the 1930s, see Pennsylvania Route 191.
Pennsylvania Route 12
Route information
Maintained by PennDOT
Length
9.566 mi[1] (15.395 km)
Existed
December 1998[2]–present
Major junctions
West end
US 222 / US 422 in Wyomissing
Major intersections
PA 183 in Reading
PA 61 in Muhlenberg Township
US 222 Bus. in Muhlenberg Township
PA 73 in Breezy Corner
East end
PA 662 in Pricetown
Location
Country
United States
State
Pennsylvania
Counties
Berks
Highway system
Pennsylvania State Route System
Interstate
US
State
Scenic
Legislative
← PA 11
→ US 13
Pennsylvania Route 12 (PA 12) is a 9.566-mile-long (15.395 km) state highway located in Berks County in eastern Pennsylvania. The western terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 222 (US 222) and US 422 in Wyomissing. Its eastern terminus is PA 662 in the community of Pricetown in Ruscombmanor Township. In the Reading area, PA 12 is a four-lane freeway called the Warren Street Bypass that heads northeast through urban areas, coming to interchanges with multiple roads including PA 183, PA 61, and US 222 Business (US 222 Bus.). In Alsace Township, the route becomes a two-lane undivided road with at-grade intersections called Pricetown Road and continues northeast through rural areas, intersecting PA 73 before ending at PA 662.
Pricetown Road originally existed in the 18th century as a road to link farmers in Pricetown to markets in Reading. The Warren Street Bypass was first planned in 1949 as a widening of Warren Street in Reading leading to a new bridge over Tulpehocken Creek to Wyomissing. In the 1950s, the Warren Street Bypass was completed from Wyomissing northeast to US 222 (Allentown Pike, now 5th Street Highway) north of Reading, providing a bypass of Reading. US 222 was routed onto this bypass by 1976, with the Warren Street Bypass extended northeast to Pricetown Road in 1980. The part of the Warren Street Bypass northeast of US 222 along with Pricetown Road became State Route 2026 (SR 2026) when the Location Referencing System was established. In 1998, PA 12 was assigned to its current alignment following the rerouting of US 222 onto a new bypass of Reading.
^Bureau of Maintenance and Operations (January 2015). Roadway Management System Straight Line Diagrams (Report) (2015 ed.). Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
Berks County (PDF)
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Global Information
US 222 / US 422 in Wyomissing
PA 662 in Pricetown
