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6 unusual facts about Pennsylvania Route 73


Breezy Corner, Pennsylvania

Route 12 has its eastern terminus in the village on Route 73 and follows Pricetown Road into the north side of Reading, where it becomes the Warren Street Bypass.

Douglass Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Its villages include Congo, Englesville (also in Berks County,) Gilbertsville, Niantic, and Sassamansville (also in New Hanover Township.) Its principal routes are Route 73 east-to-west and Route 100 north-to-south.

New Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Its villages include Fagleysville, Frederick (also in Upper Frederick Township,) Hoffmansville, Layfield, New Hanover, New Hanover Square, and Sassamansville (also in Douglass Township.) Its numbered routes are 73 east-to-west and 663 north-to-south, which join briefly in Layfield.

Pennsylvania Route 100

One of those exits is in Douglass Township when PA 100 meets Pennsylvania Route 73 at a Diamond interchange.

Pennsylvania Route 562

The route runs from U.S. Route 422 Business in St. Lawrence east to Pennsylvania Route 73 in Boyertown.

St. Thomas' Church, Whitemarsh

Thomas' Church, Whitemarsh is an Episcopal church located at the juncture of Bethlehem Pike, Skippack Pike, and Church Road in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.


Center Point, Pennsylvania

Center Point, Pennsylvania is an unincorporated community in Worcester Township, Montgomery County at the junction of Routes 73 and 363.

Layfield, Pennsylvania

Layfield, Pennsylvania is an unincorporated community in NW Montgomery County on Route 73 and Route 663.


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