Pennsylvania Route 82
Encyclopedia
Pennsylvania Route 82 is a 31 miles (49.9 km) long north–south state highway
located in southeast Pennsylvania
, USA. The northern terminus is at PA 23
in Elverson
. The southern terminus is at the Delaware
state line southeast of Kennett Square
, where PA 82 continues south as Delaware Route 82
.
state line where it meets the northern terminus of Delaware Route 82
in Kennett Township
. PA 82 has many curves in Kennett Township. PA 82 enters Kennett Square
, near the home of Kentucky Derby
winner Barbaro
, a popular horse euthanized because of injury complications in the last week of January, 2007.
PA 82 is called South Street and Union Street. In downtown Kennett Square, PA 82 meets Baltimore Pike as State Street. North of Kennett Square, PA 82 meets U.S. Route 1. North of US 1 in East Marlborough Township
, PA 82 is called Unionville Road and in Willowdale it meets Pennsylvania Route 926
. In Unionville
, PA 82 begins to turn towards the west and is called Doe Run Road and has a concurrency with Pennsylvania Route 842
. While merged with PA 842, PA 82 meets the southern terminus of Pennsylvania Route 162
. In West Marlborough Township
, PA 82 meets the northern terminus of Pennsylvania Route 841
. In the city of Coatesville
, PA 82 is called Strode Avenue and meets the eastern terminus of Pennsylvania Route 372
. In downtown Coatesville, PA 82 has a concurrency with U.S. Route 30 Business. North of US 30 BUS, PA 82 meets U.S. Route 30 at an interchange.
, PA 82 meets Pennsylvania Route 340
and PA 82 is called Manor Road. In Brandywine Manor, PA 82 meets U.S. Route 322
. In West Nantmeal Township
, PA 82 meets the northern terminus of Pennsylvania Route 282
. North of PA 282, PA 82 meets the southern terminus of Pennsylvania Route 345
. South of Elverson
, PA 82 passes over Interstate 76
(Pennsylvania Turnpike
) then meets Pennsylvania Route 401
. In Elverson, PA 82 is called Chestnut Street and ends at Pennsylvania Route 23
.
. It was called Elverson Road, Twin Valley Road and Haycreek Road. In Birdsboro
, PA 82 was called Furnace Street and had a small concurrency with Pennsylvania Route 724
. PA 82 then terminated at a "T" intersection with U.S. Route 422
.
In 1987, torrential rains flooded Hay Creek for days and destroyed several trestles that cross Hay Creek just south of Birdsboro. Over the coming months, local residents got used to the lack of traffic and fought to keep the road permanently closed, forcing PennDOT
to forgo any possible bridge replacement. However, they did rebuild the bridge just south of Douglas Street. As a result, PA 82 was impossible to transverse from end to end. In late 2008, PennDOT decommissioned this section of PA 82 north of Elverson making the old section of PA 82 in Chester County SR 4082 and the section in Berks County SR 2082. The bulk of this area is now known as Berks County Park. Some GPS
systems still mark this road as PA 82 and may not have the destroyed section of road blocked off on current maps. In September 2010, PennDOT decided to hand over the closed portion of the former PA 82 to local landowners.
When this section of PA 82 was decommissioned, PA 345 was extended north of its previous terminus in Birdsboro at PA 724 along PA 724 and then along the former routing of PA 82 to US 422.
State highway
State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...
located in southeast Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, USA. The northern terminus is at PA 23
Pennsylvania Route 23
Pennsylvania Route 23 is a state highway in southeastern Pennsylvania. The route begins at Pennsylvania Route 441 in Marietta and heads east to U.S. Route 1 in Philadelphia.-Marietta to Valley Forge:...
in Elverson
Elverson, Pennsylvania
Elverson is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,225 at the 2010 census.Settled near the region's early iron mines, Elverson is close to Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, an example of a 19th century "iron plantation".-History:Elverson's earliest...
. The southern terminus is at the Delaware
Delaware
Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
state line southeast of Kennett Square
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Kennett Square is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known as the Mushroom Capital of the World because mushroom farming in the region produces over a million pounds of mushrooms a year...
, where PA 82 continues south as Delaware Route 82
Delaware Route 82
Delaware Route 82 is a state highway in the northwest suburbs of Wilmington in New Castle County, Delaware. The route runs from DE 52 near Greenville to the Pennsylvania border near Yorklyn, where it continues as Pennsylvania Route 82 . The route runs through areas of woods and fields in northern...
.
Delaware To Coatesville
PA 82 begins as Creek Road at the DelawareDelaware
Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
state line where it meets the northern terminus of Delaware Route 82
Delaware Route 82
Delaware Route 82 is a state highway in the northwest suburbs of Wilmington in New Castle County, Delaware. The route runs from DE 52 near Greenville to the Pennsylvania border near Yorklyn, where it continues as Pennsylvania Route 82 . The route runs through areas of woods and fields in northern...
in Kennett Township
Kennett Township, Pennsylvania
Kennett Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the location of the famed Longwood Gardens conservatory and was the birthplace of Louise Brewer Shepard, the wife of the first American in space, Alan Shepard...
. PA 82 has many curves in Kennett Township. PA 82 enters Kennett Square
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Kennett Square is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known as the Mushroom Capital of the World because mushroom farming in the region produces over a million pounds of mushrooms a year...
, near the home of Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...
winner Barbaro
Barbaro
Barbaro was an American thoroughbred who decisively won the 2006 Kentucky Derby, but shattered his leg two weeks later in the 2006 Preakness Stakes, ending his racing career and eventually leading to his death....
, a popular horse euthanized because of injury complications in the last week of January, 2007.
PA 82 is called South Street and Union Street. In downtown Kennett Square, PA 82 meets Baltimore Pike as State Street. North of Kennett Square, PA 82 meets U.S. Route 1. North of US 1 in East Marlborough Township
East Marlborough Township, Pennsylvania
East Marlborough Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,026 at the 2010 census. East Marlborough and West Marlborough townships were carved out of the larger Marlborough Township in 1729...
, PA 82 is called Unionville Road and in Willowdale it meets Pennsylvania Route 926
Pennsylvania Route 926
Pennsylvania Route 926 is a long state route located west of Philadelphia in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The western terminus of the route is at Pennsylvania Route 10 in Upper Oxford Township. The eastern terminus is at the West Chester Pike in the Philadelphia suburb of Willistown Township,...
. In Unionville
Unionville, Pennsylvania
Unionville is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania:*Unionville, Centre County, Pennsylvania*Unionville, Chester County, Pennsylvania*Neffs, Pennsylvania in Lehigh County, historically called Unionville...
, PA 82 begins to turn towards the west and is called Doe Run Road and has a concurrency with Pennsylvania Route 842
Pennsylvania Route 842
Pennsylvania Route 842 is a state highway in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The route runs from Pennsylvania Route 841 in West Marlborough Township to U.S. Route 322 Business in downtown West Chester.-Route description:...
. While merged with PA 842, PA 82 meets the southern terminus of Pennsylvania Route 162
Pennsylvania Route 162
Pennsylvania Route 162 is a long state highway in southeast Pennsylvania. The western terminus of the route is at the Pennsylvania Route 82 / Pennsylvania Route 842 concurrency in Unionville, Chester County. The eastern terminus is at U.S...
. In West Marlborough Township
West Marlborough Township, Pennsylvania
West Marlborough Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 814 at the 2010 census. East Marlborough and West Marlborough townships were carved out of the larger Marlborough Township in 1729....
, PA 82 meets the northern terminus of Pennsylvania Route 841
Pennsylvania Route 841
Pennsylvania Route 841 is a state highway in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The route runs from the Maryland border in the Lewisville section of Elk Township, where it continues as Maryland Route 213, north to Pennsylvania Route 82 in the Doe Run section of West Marlborough Township.-Route...
. In the city of Coatesville
Coatesville, Pennsylvania
Coatesville is the only city in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,100 at the 2010 census. Coatesville is approximately 39 miles west of Philadelphia....
, PA 82 is called Strode Avenue and meets the eastern terminus of Pennsylvania Route 372
Pennsylvania Route 372
Pennsylvania Route 372 is an east–west highway in York, Lancaster, and Chester counties. Its western terminus is at Pennsylvania Route 74 in Lower Chanceford Township north of Delta and west of Holtwood, and its eastern terminus is at Pennsylvania Route 82 in Coatesville.-York and Lancaster...
. In downtown Coatesville, PA 82 has a concurrency with U.S. Route 30 Business. North of US 30 BUS, PA 82 meets U.S. Route 30 at an interchange.
From PA 340 to PA 23
In West Brandywine TownshipWest Brandywine Township, Pennsylvania
West Brandywine Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,394 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which , or 0.22%, is water....
, PA 82 meets Pennsylvania Route 340
Pennsylvania Route 340
Pennsylvania Route 340 is a long state highway located in Lancaster and Chester counties in Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at Pennsylvania Route 462 in Lancaster. The eastern terminus is at U.S...
and PA 82 is called Manor Road. In Brandywine Manor, PA 82 meets U.S. Route 322
U.S. Route 322
U.S. Route 322 is a long, east–west United States Highway, traversing Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. The road is a spur of U.S. Route 22 and one of the original highways from 1926...
. In West Nantmeal Township
West Nantmeal Township, Pennsylvania
West Nantmeal Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,170 at the 2010 census. It and East Nantmeal Township were originally part of a single Nantmeal Township, which was divided in 1739.-Geography:...
, PA 82 meets the northern terminus of Pennsylvania Route 282
Pennsylvania Route 282
Pennsylvania Route 282 is a 12 mile long state highway in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The route runs from U.S. Route 30 Business in Downingtown north to Pennsylvania Route 82 in West Nantmeal Township.-Route description:...
. North of PA 282, PA 82 meets the southern terminus of Pennsylvania Route 345
Pennsylvania Route 345
Pennsylvania Route 345 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The route runs from Pennsylvania Route 82 in West Nantmeal Township, Chester County north to U.S. Route 422 in Birdsboro, Berks County.-Route description:...
. South of Elverson
Elverson, Pennsylvania
Elverson is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,225 at the 2010 census.Settled near the region's early iron mines, Elverson is close to Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, an example of a 19th century "iron plantation".-History:Elverson's earliest...
, PA 82 passes over Interstate 76
Interstate 76 (east)
Interstate 76 is an Interstate Highway in the United States, running 435 miles from an interchange with Interstate 71 west of Akron, Ohio, east to Interstate 295 near Camden, New Jersey....
(Pennsylvania Turnpike
Pennsylvania Turnpike
The Pennsylvania Turnpike is a toll highway system operated by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. The three sections of the turnpike system total . The main section extends from Ohio to New Jersey and is long...
) then meets Pennsylvania Route 401
Pennsylvania Route 401
Pennsylvania Route 401 is a short east–west state route in Berks and Chester counties, located in southeast Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at Pennsylvania Route 23 in Caernarvon Township, across the county line from Elverson. The eastern terminus is at U.S...
. In Elverson, PA 82 is called Chestnut Street and ends at Pennsylvania Route 23
Pennsylvania Route 23
Pennsylvania Route 23 is a state highway in southeastern Pennsylvania. The route begins at Pennsylvania Route 441 in Marietta and heads east to U.S. Route 1 in Philadelphia.-Marietta to Valley Forge:...
.
History
Prior to 2008, PA 82 continued north on Chestnut Street and entered Berks CountyBerks County, Pennsylvania
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 373,638 people, 141,570 households, and 98,532 families residing in the county. The population density was 435 people per square mile . There were 150,222 housing units at an average density of 175 per square mile...
. It was called Elverson Road, Twin Valley Road and Haycreek Road. In Birdsboro
Birdsboro, Pennsylvania
Birdsboro is a borough along the Schuylkill River in Berks County, Pennsylvania, eight miles southeast of Reading. In the past, Birdsboro was noted for its large foundries and machine shops, none of which remain in operation today.-History:...
, PA 82 was called Furnace Street and had a small concurrency with Pennsylvania Route 724
Pennsylvania Route 724
Pennsylvania Route 724 is a road spanning from Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania to Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. 724 travels through the counties of Berks and Chester...
. PA 82 then terminated at a "T" intersection with U.S. Route 422
U.S. Route 422
U.S. Route 422 is a long spur route of US 22 split into two segments in the U.S. states of Ohio and Pennsylvania. The western spur begins in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, and ends at Ebensburg, Pennsylvania...
.
In 1987, torrential rains flooded Hay Creek for days and destroyed several trestles that cross Hay Creek just south of Birdsboro. Over the coming months, local residents got used to the lack of traffic and fought to keep the road permanently closed, forcing PennDOT
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation oversees transportation issues in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The administrator of PennDOT is the Pennsylvania Secretary of Transportation, currently Barry Schoch Presently, PennDOT supports over of state roads and highways, about 25,000...
to forgo any possible bridge replacement. However, they did rebuild the bridge just south of Douglas Street. As a result, PA 82 was impossible to transverse from end to end. In late 2008, PennDOT decommissioned this section of PA 82 north of Elverson making the old section of PA 82 in Chester County SR 4082 and the section in Berks County SR 2082. The bulk of this area is now known as Berks County Park. Some GPS
Global Positioning System
The Global Positioning System is a space-based global navigation satellite system that provides location and time information in all weather, anywhere on or near the Earth, where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites...
systems still mark this road as PA 82 and may not have the destroyed section of road blocked off on current maps. In September 2010, PennDOT decided to hand over the closed portion of the former PA 82 to local landowners.
When this section of PA 82 was decommissioned, PA 345 was extended north of its previous terminus in Birdsboro at PA 724 along PA 724 and then along the former routing of PA 82 to US 422.