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7 unusual facts about Old York Road


Greenmount, Western Australia

Greenmount Hill, either by Old York Road, or Great Eastern Highway is the main ascent to, or descent from the Darling Scarp, and has been a regular site of vehicle breakdowns or accidents due to the slope.

Old York Road

Old York Road deviates from PA 611, at the intersection with Easton Road in Willow Grove where it runs concurrently with PA 263.

In Lahaska, Old York Road follows US-202 as Lower York Road.

Pennsylvania Route 232

In colonial times, the current alignment of PA 232 was referred to as the Middle Road because it was roughly midway between Old York Road and Bustleton Pike.

Pennsylvania Route 263

It follows the routing of Old York Road, a historic road that connected Philadelphia to New York City, and carries the name York Road from the southern terminus to Lahaska and Upper York Road north of there.

What is now PA 263 was originally built as part of the Old York Road, a road established in the 18th century to connect Philadelphia to New York City.

Pennsylvania Route 332

PA 332 begins at an intersection with PA 263 (York Road) in Hatboro, Montgomery County, heading east on Montgomery Avenue, a two-lane undivided roadway.


Melrose Park, Pennsylvania

It is bordered to the south by Cheltenham Avenue, to the west by Old York Road, to the east by New Second Street and to the north by Ashbourne Road.


see also

Katharine Susannah Prichard

Prichard moved with her husband, war hero Hugo "Jim" Throssell, VC, to Greenmount, Western Australia, in 1920 and lived at 11 Old York Road for much of the rest of her life.

Old York Road Symphony

The Old York Road Symphony is an American orchestra based in Abington, Pennsylvania.