Pennsylvania Route 162
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| Length: | 10.144 mi (16.325 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1928 – present | |||
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Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway | |||
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| West end: |
  PA 82 / PA 842 in Unionville
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| East end: |
    US 322 Bus. in West Chester
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| Counties: | Chester | |||
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Pennsylvania Route 162 (PA 162) is a 10.1-mile-long (16.3 km) state highway in southeast Pennsylvania. The western terminus of the route is at the PA 82/PA 82 in Unionville, Chester County. The eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 322 Business (US 322 Bus.) in West Chester. PA 162 is known as Embreeville Road from its western terminus to the village of Embreeville and Telegraph Road from Embreeville to an intersection with the Strasburg Road one mile (1.6 km) west of Marshallton. At this point, the route turns east, following the Strasburg Road to US 322 Bus. in West Chester. The portion of road between Marshallton and West Chester follows the 17th-century Great Minquas Path and became part of the Strasburg Road linking Strasburg and Philadelphia in the 1770s. PA 162 was designated onto its current alignment by 1930.
PA 162 begins at an intersection with PA 82/PA 842 in the community of Unionville in East Marlborough Township, heading north on two-lane undivided Embreeville Road. The road heads through a mix of farms and woods, crossing into Newlin Township. The route makes a sharp turn east and north again as it crosses the West Branch Brandywine Creek, which begins to run to the east of the route PA 162 enters Embreeville, where the road crosses an East Penn Railroad line and passes a few homes. Leaving Embreeville, the road heads into forested areas and makes a turn to the east, continuing to parallel the creek. As PA 162 moves away from the creek, it crosses into West Bradford Township and passes to the south of the closed Embreeville State Hospital before continuing past a mix of fields and woods. The route bears east onto Strasburg Road and passes woodland and homes. After entering East Bradford Township, PA 162 crosses the East Branch Brandywine Creek and intersects North Creek Road as it heads into increasing areas of residential subdivisions. The road gains a center left-turn lane and enters commercial areas as it crosses into the borough of West Chester at the Bradford Avenue intersection, coming to its eastern terminus at US 322 Bus.
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