Bethlehem Pike

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use American English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=PA |header_type= |name=Bethlehem Pike |maint=[[PennDOT]] |map=Bethlehem Pike map.png |length_mi=42.21 |length_round=2 |length_ref=<ref name=length>{{cite map|url=https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&gl=us&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=210875883811842150413.0004d344e288d89af64f9|title=Map of Bethlehem Pike|publisher=[[Google Maps]]|access-date=2013-01-16}}</ref> |length_notes=Length source data gathered using historical 19th Century [[USGS]] maps.<ref>{{cite map|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/pennsylvania/txu-pclmaps-topo-pa-allentown-1893.jpg|title=Topographic map of Allentown|year=1893|publisher=USGS|access-date=2013-01-16}}</ref> <ref>{{cite map|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/pennsylvania/txu-pclmaps-topo-pa-quakertown-1888.jpg |title=Topographic map of Quakertown|year=1888|publisher=USGS|access-date=2013-01-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite map|url= http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/pennsylvania/txu-pclmaps-topo-pa-germantown-1894.jpg|title=Topographic map of Germantown|year=1894|publisher=USGS|access-date=2013-01-16}}</ref> |established=1763<ref name=ushistory/> |allocation={{jct|state=PA|PA|309}} from near [[Fort Washington, Pennsylvania|Fort Washington]] to [[Center Valley, Pennsylvania|Center Valley]] |direction_a=South |terminus_a=[[Germantown Pike|Germantown Avenue]] in [[Philadelphia]]<ref name=ushistory/> |beltway_city= |junction={{jct|state=PA|PA|309}} near [[Fort Washington, Pennsylvania|Fort Washington]]<br />{{jct|state=PA|US|202}} in [[Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania|Montgomeryville]]<br />{{jct|state=PA|PA|313|PA|663}} in [[Quakertown, PA|Quakertown]]<br />{{Jct|state=PA|PA|309}} in [[Center Valley, Pennsylvania|Center Valley]] |direction_b=North |terminus_b=Main Street in [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|Bethlehem]]<ref name=ushistory/> |counties=[[Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Bucks]], [[Lehigh County, Pennsylvania|Lehigh]], [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Montgomery]], [[Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] }}

'''Bethlehem Pike''' is a historic {{convert|42.21|mi|km|2|abbr=on}} long road in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Pennsylvania]] that connects [[Philadelphia]] and [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]]. It began as a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] path called the Minsi Trail which developed into a [[Colonial America|colonial]] highway called the King's Road in the 1760s. Most of the route later became part of [[U.S. Route 309]], now [[Pennsylvania Route 309]].

== History == The Bethlehem Pike originated from a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] pathway known as the '''Minsi Trail'''. Named after the [[Lenape|Minsi Indians]], the trail was routed between the [[Blue Mountain (Pennsylvania)|Blue Mountains]] and the lands to the south.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bethlehempaonline.com/sbethhistory.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001017174603/http://www.bethlehempaonline.com/sbethhistory.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=October 17, 2000|title=History of South Bethlehem|work=Bethlehem, PA Online|access-date=2007-05-16}}</ref>

===18th century=== In December 1740, [[David Nitschmann der Bischof|David Nitschmann]] and his party went to [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|Bethlehem]] and [[Nazareth, Pennsylvania|Nazareth]] along the trail. A year later, in 1741, a second party joined the first, traversing the same pathway.

[[Nicolaus Zinzendorf]] was included in the second party who visited the pioneers in the cabin along the banks of the [[Monocacy Creek (Lehigh River tributary)|Monocacy Creek]]. On Christmas Eve 1741, Zinzendorf celebrated a famous love-feast service, during which the new settlement was named Bethlehem.<ref name=ushistory>{{cite web|url=http://www.ushistory.org/philadelphia/street_bethlehem.htm|title=Bethlehem Pike|work=Independence Hall Association of Philadelphia|access-date=2007-05-16}}</ref>

After the founding of Bethlehem, a number of settlements began to rise along the route, causing a constant use of it and the highway to be called King's Road. The first trip made by George Klein was by [[stage wagon]] on September 10, 1763. He later made regular trips between Philadelphia and Bethlehem on a weekly basis. He started on Mondays from the Sun Inn in Bethlehem, and returned from the [[King of Prussia, Pennsylvania|King of Prussia]] Inn in [[Philadelphia]], on Thursdays.<ref name=ushistory/> Bethlehem Pike and Germantown Avenue were the first two segments of the King's Highway, the main road carrying passengers and their goods between Philadelphia and the north.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jarvis |first=Elizabeth Farmer |title=Chestnut Hill Revised |year=2004 |publisher= Arcadia Publishing|isbn=0-7385-3527-3 }}</ref>

In the northern regions of Philadelphia, the pike intersected the [[Old York Road]]. According to a legend, [[Tamanend]], the great Indian chief, presented all lands within the young Germans' vision. Following the gift they received from the natives, they concluded the ritual, the sun rose, and the men named the spot Rising Sun. During the [[American Revolutionary War]], British officers gathered near the southern terminus of the modern day pike. They gathered in the days their army faced the [[Continental Army]] at [[Battle of White Marsh|Whitemarsh]]. Further north along the route in the [[Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania|Whitemarsh Valley]] is the site where [[George Washington]] held [[William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe|Howe]] at bay, thus becoming famous in history as Church Hill. Before heading to [[Valley Forge]], Washington and his army encamped here on December 11, 1777.<ref name=ushistory/>

During the revolution, the pike dealt with a busy time period, for Bethlehem was crowded with officers, prisoners, and soldiers from the war. There was great excitement in Bethlehem on September 13, 1777, when the [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriot Army]] retreated from [[Philadelphia]]. Later, a letter had arrived by express courier from [[David Rittenhouse]], announcing that all the military stores, in 700 wagons, were sent north on the Bethlehem Pike. Even the church and state bells were sent over for safekeeping on the pike.<ref name=ushistory/>

In [[Quakertown, Pennsylvania|Quakertown]], the wagon carrying the [[Liberty Bell]] broke down and the bell had to be unloaded on September 25, 1777. The wagon was repaired, and the bell was sent to [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], where it was hidden from the British on [[Hamilton Street]].

The road traverses Rockhill Township, where the [[New Jersey]] and [[Pennsylvania]] armies listened to [[Richard Peters (Continental Congress)|Richard Peters]] in 1799, a member of the [[Colonial assembly]]. They camped at Seller's Tavern in present-day [[Sellersville, Pennsylvania|Sellersville]].<ref name=ushistory/>

===19th century=== [[File:Milestone on Bethlehem Pike in Flourtown PA.jpeg|thumb|right|Milestone along the Bethlehem Pike in [[Flourtown, Pennsylvania|Flourtown]]]] In 1804, the route became a toll road known as the Bethlehem Turnpike.<ref>{{cite book |last=Contosta |first=David R. |title=Suburb in the City: Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, 1850-1990 |url=https://archive.org/details/suburbincityches00cont |url-access=registration |year=1992 |publisher= Ohio State University Press|isbn=0-8142-0580-1 }}</ref> Tolls were voluntary only during morning hours.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hungerford |first=Edward |title=The Personality of American Cities |url=https://archive.org/details/personalityamer00hunggoog |year=1913 |publisher= McBride, Nast & Company Press}}</ref>

On March 11, 1834, Pennsylvania governor [[George Wolf]] signed a license authorizing the Bethlehem Turnpike Road Company to erect many of its gates. The turnpike was authorized to collect tolls from travelers on horses, cattle, and carriages.<ref>{{cite book |author=Pennsylvania Secretary of the commonwealth |author2=Pennsylvania State Library |author3=Pennsylvania General assembly |author4=Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction |title=Pennsylvania Archives |year=1874 |publisher=Printed by J. Severns & co.}}</ref>

===20th century=== In 1910, the Bethlehem Pike became a free road after it was tolled for a century.<ref>{{cite book |last=Keels|first=Thomas H.|author2=Elizabeth Farmer Jarvis|title=Chestnut Hill |year=2002 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=0-7385-1061-0 }}</ref>

When Pennsylvania signed the [[List of State Routes in Pennsylvania#History|Sproul Road Bill]] on May 31, 1911,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/DAM/rg/sd/r12sd.htm#constructionbureau|title=Department of Highways|work=Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission|access-date=2007-05-17}}</ref> the state began taking over the highways across the commonwealth. The bill defined the Bethlehem Pike as Legislative Route 297 (LR 297) in [[Northampton County, Pennsylvania|Northampton County]] and LR 153 in [[Lehigh County, Pennsylvania|Lehigh County]].<ref>{{Cite FTP |title = Northampton County |url = ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Northampton_1914.pdf |year = 1914 |access-date = 2007-05-17 |server = [[PennDOT]] |url-status = dead |format = PDF }}</ref><ref>{{Cite FTP | title =Lehigh County | url =ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Lehigh_1915.pdf | year =1915 | access-date =2007-05-18 | server =[[PennDOT]] | url-status =dead | format =PDF }} </ref> The pike was defined as LR 153<ref>{{Cite FTP |title=Pennsylvania state|url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1911.pdf|year=1911|access-date=2007-05-18|server=PennDOT|url-status=dead|format=PDF}}</ref> through the counties of [[Bucks County, PA|Bucks]] and [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Montgomery]].<ref>{{Cite FTP |title = Bucks County |url = ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Bucks_1912.pdf |year = 1912 |access-date = 2007-05-17 |server = PennDOT |url-status = dead |format = PDF }}</ref><ref>{{Cite FTP |title = Montgomery County |url = ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Montgomery_1912.pdf |year = 1912 |access-date = 2007-05-17 |server = PennDOT |url-status = dead |format = PDF }}</ref>

In 1926, when the [[U.S. Highway System|U.S. Numbered Highway System]] was established,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/numbers.cfm|title=From names to numbers: The origins of the U.S. Numbered Highway System|work=[[Federal Highway Administration]]|access-date=2007-05-17}}</ref> each designated trail in the [[United States]] was given a number and the majority of the Bethlehem Pike was signed as [[U.S. Route 309]] (US 309).<ref name=front1930>{{Cite FTP |title=Pennsylvania state|url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1930fr.pdf|edition=Front|year=1930|access-date=2007-05-18|server=PennDOT|url-status=dead|format=PDF}}</ref>

During a three-decade period after the system was created, the pike was designated as [[Pennsylvania Route 12 (1930s)|Pennsylvania Route 12]] (PA 12) from [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|Bethlehem]] to [[Center Valley, Pennsylvania|Center Valley]]. South of Center Valley, the route was known as US 309.<ref name=front1930/><ref>{{Cite FTP |title=Lehigh County|url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Lehigh_1941.pdf|year=1941|access-date=2007-05-18|server=PennDOT|url-status=dead|format=PDF}}</ref> By 1960, a portion of the road was designated as [[Pennsylvania Route 191]], when it replaced the entire routing of PA 12.<ref>{{Cite FTP |title=Northampton County|url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Northampton_1961.pdf|year=1961|access-date=2007-05-18|server=PennDOT|url-status=dead|format=PDF}}</ref><ref name=front1960>{{Cite FTP |title=Pennsylvania State|url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1960bk.pdf|edition=Back|year=1960|access-date=2007-05-18|server=PennDOT|url-status=dead|format=PDF}}</ref>

North of [[Philadelphia]], US 309 was designated on the newly built [[Fort Washington, Pennsylvania|Fort Washington]] Expressway, east of the original alignment on the Bethlehem Pike.<ref name=front1960/>

By 1970, US 309 was deleted and replaced by [[Pennsylvania Route 309]].<ref>{{Cite FTP |title=Pennsylvania State|url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1970fr.pdf|edition=Front|year=1970|access-date=2007-05-18|server=PennDOT|url-status=dead|format=PDF}}</ref> Following the commission of the route, PA 309 was moved to a newly constructed freeway, bypassing [[Sellersville, Pennsylvania|Sellersville]], and west of the Bethlehem Pike.<ref>{{Cite FTP |title=Bucks County|url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Bucks_1971_Sheet_1.pdf|edition=Sheet1|year=1971|access-date=2007-05-18|server=PennDOT|url-status=dead|format=PDF}}</ref>

Six years later, in 1976, Interstate 378 was deleted and PA 191 was truncated, and their former alignments were designated as [[Pennsylvania Route 378]].<ref>{{Cite FTP |title=Northampton County|url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Northampton_1976.pdf|year=1976|access-date=2007-05-18|server=PennDOT|url-status=dead|format=PDF}}</ref>

===21st century=== [[File:Bethlehem Pike NB past Haws Lane.jpeg|thumb|Bethlehem Pike northbound in Flourtown]] In the 21st century, Bethlehem Pike is mostly designated as [[Pennsylvania Route 309]] in the [[Lehigh Valley|Lehigh]] and [[Delaware Valley]]s.

In [[Philadelphia]], the road is signed as SR 4017,<ref name=videolog>{{cite web|url=http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ividlog/video_locate.asp|title=VIDEO LOG|work=PennDOT|access-date=2007-05-21|archive-date=2007-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518022403/http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ividlog/video_locate.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> with a daily traffic of 15,000 vehicles.<ref name=traffic/>

The pike is routed as SR 2018<ref name=videolog/> in [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Montgomery County]], while parallel to PA 309. North of [[Fort Washington, Pennsylvania|Fort Washington]], the road is known as PA 309, with an average of 17,000 to 21,000 vehicles a day.<ref name=traffic>{{cite web|url=http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/itms/default.asp|title=Traffic Count|work=PennDOT|access-date=2007-05-21|archive-date=August 23, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823195252/http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/itms/default.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> In [[Sellersville, Pennsylvania|Sellersville]], the pike is signed as SR 4013,<ref name=videolog/> south of [[Pennsylvania Route 152|PA 152]], and SR 4085 north of PA 152.<ref name=videolog/>

From [[Quakertown, Pennsylvania|Quakertown]] to [[Center Valley, Pennsylvania|Center Valley]], the pike has an old alignment west of the current designation on PA 309.<ref>{{cite map|publisher=TopoQuest|title=Quakertown Area|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=40.44135&lon=-75.36437&symshow=n&datum=nad27&layer=DRG|access-date=2008-07-05}}</ref> In the Quakertown area, the PA 309 segment of the pike averages a daily traffic of 18,000 vehicles.<ref name=traffic/> North of Center Valley, the road is aligned as PA 378, Old Bethlehem Pike, and Old Philadelphia Pike, with an average traffic of 17,000 vehicles a day on PA 378.<ref name=traffic/> The northernmost segment of the pike is known as Main Street in [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|Bethlehem]].<ref name=ushistory/>

[[Lower Gwynedd Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Gwynedd]] formed a project to improve the Bethlehem Pike within the township and estimated to cost $500,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lowergwynedd.org/bethlehem/faq.asp|title=Lower Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|work=[[Lower Gwynedd Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Gwynedd Township]]|access-date=2007-05-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928211212/http://www.lowergwynedd.org/bethlehem/faq.asp|archive-date=2007-09-28|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Major intersections == {{PAinttop|length_ref=<ref>[[DeLorme]] Street Atlas USA 2007, Toggle Measuring Tool. Retrieved on May 22, 2007</ref>}} {{PAint |county=Philadelphia |location=Philadelphia |mile=0.00 |road=[[Germantown Pike|Germantown Avenue]]<ref name=2007map>{{Cite FTP |title=Tourism and Transportation|url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/MAPS/Statewide/otm/2007/otmse_2007.PDF|year=2007|edition=Southeast|access-date=2007-05-22|server=PennDOT|url-status=dead|format=PDF}}</ref> |notes=Formerly part of [[U.S. Route 422 (Pennsylvania)|US&nbsp;422]]<ref name=front1930/> }} {{PAint |county=Montgomery |cspan=8 |location=Whitemarsh Township |lspan=2 |type=concur |mile=3.07 |road={{jct|state=PA|PA|73|dir1=east|name1=Church Road}}<ref name=PA73>{{cite map |publisher=Rand McNally |title=Motor Carrier's Road Atlas |edition=Deluxe |year=2007 |page=90 |section=A3 }}</ref> |notes=Southern terminus of overlap }} {{PAint |type=concur |mile=3.27 |road={{jct|state=PA|PA|73|dir1=west|name1=East Skippack Pike|city1=Norristown}}<ref name=PA73/> |notes=Northern terminus of overlap }} {{PAint |location=Fort Washington |mile=4.85 |road={{jct|state=PA|road|Pennsylvania Avenue|to2=to|I|276|PATP}}<ref name=2007map/> |notes=Formerly [[Pennsylvania Route 731 (former)|PA&nbsp;731]]<ref name=front1930/> }} {{PAint |location=Lower Gwynedd Township |lspan=2 |type=concur |mile=8.98 |road={{jct|state=PA|PA|309|dir1=south|name1=Fort Washington Expressway|city1=Philadelphia}}<ref>{{cite map|publisher=MapQuest|title=Bethlehem Pike/PA 309 Interchange|url=http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&addtohistory=&address=%5b401%2d418%5d%20S%20Bethlehem%20Pike&city=Fort%20Washington&state=PA&zipcode=19034&country=US&location=%2baXJVDP6x7wFekbu5nnNhwrcQZX1zYkucnKacLWne8tNfAcFXdeTCWo0cEtxKkWExqn1QfiWzrClZOGPni4zG7JPfDfI54TRwj8U8k%2fdwCcoA24LeDuWYgqMTBo4ouVqxQcW4VDgHBG23WHbIP2S%2fU%2bErMZZPydu3zIYZj3vPfY%3d&ambiguity=1#east|access-date=2007-05-22}}</ref> |notes=Interchange; Bethlehem Pike becomes PA 309 north of this junction }} {{PAint |mile=9.38 |road={{jct|state=PA|PA|63|name1=Welsh Road}}<ref>{{cite map |publisher=Rand McNally |title=Motor Carrier's Road Atlas |edition=Deluxe |year=2007 |page=89 |section=EP12 }}</ref> }} {{PAint |location=Montgomeryville |lspan=3 |mile= |road={{jct|state=PA|US|202|city1=Doylestown|city2=Norristown}} |notes=Interchange }} {{PAint |type=concur |mile=11.58 |road={{jct|state=PA|US-Bus|202|dab1=Montgomeryville–Doylestown|dir1=south|name1=Dekalb Pike|city1=Norristown}} |notes=Southern terminus of overlap; former segment of [[U.S. Route 122 (1926)|US 122]]<ref name=front1930/> }} {{PAint |type=concur |mile=12.47 |road={{jct|state=PA|PA|463|name1=Cowpath Road&nbsp;/ Horsham Road|city1=Lansdale|city2=Hatboro}}<ref name=2007map/><br>{{jct|state=PA|US-Bus|202|dab1=Montgomeryville–Doylestown|dir1=north|name1=Doylestown Road|city1=Doylestown}} |notes=Northern terminus of overlap; former segment of US 122<ref name=front1930/> }} {{PAint |county=Bucks |cspan=8 |location=Hilltown Township |lspan=2 |type=concur |mile=18.60 |road={{jct|state=PA|PA|309|dir1=north|name1=Sellersville Bypass}}<ref>{{cite map|publisher=MapQuest|title=Bethlehem Pike/PA 309 Interchange south of Sellersville|url=http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&addtohistory=&address=%5b401%2d418%5d%20S%20Bethlehem%20Pike&city=Fort%20Washington&state=PA&zipcode=19034&country=US&location=%2baXJVDP6x7wFekbu5nnNhwrcQZX1zYkucnKacLWne8tNfAcFXdeTCWo0cEtxKkWExqn1QfiWzrClZOGPni4zG7JPfDfI54TRwj8U8k%2fdwCcoA24LeDuWYgqMTBo4ouVqxQcW4VDgHBG23WHbIP2S%2fU%2bErMZZPydu3zIYZj3vPfY%3d&ambiguity=1#west|access-date=2007-05-22}}</ref> |notes=Interchange; Bethlehem Pike becomes SR 4013 north of this junction }} {{PAint |mile=18.89 |road={{jct|state=PA|PA|113|name1=Souderton Road}}<ref>{{cite map|publisher=MapQuest|title=Bethlehem Pike/PA 313 junction|url=http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&addtohistory=&address=%5b401%2d418%5d%20S%20Bethlehem%20Pike&city=Fort%20Washington&state=PA&zipcode=19034&country=US&location=%2baXJVDP6x7wFekbu5nnNhwrcQZX1zYkucnKacLWne8tNfAcFXdeTCWo0cEtxKkWExqn1QfiWzrClZOGPni4zG7JPfDfI54TRwj8U8k%2fdwCcoA24LeDuWYgqMTBo4ouVqxQcW4VDgHBG23WHbIP2S%2fU%2bErMZZPydu3zIYZj3vPfY%3d&ambiguity=1#east|access-date=2007-05-22}}</ref> }} {{PAint |location=Sellersville |lspan=3 |type=concur |mile=20.51 |road={{jct|state=PA|PA|152|dir1=north|name1=State Road|to2=to|PA|309|city1=Telford}}<ref name=Sellersville>{{cite map|publisher=MapQuest|title=Sellersville, Pennsylvania|url=http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&addtohistory=&address=%5b401%2d418%5d%20S%20Bethlehem%20Pike&city=Fort%20Washington&state=PA&zipcode=19034&country=US&location=%2baXJVDP6x7wFekbu5nnNhwrcQZX1zYkucnKacLWne8tNfAcFXdeTCWo0cEtxKkWExqn1QfiWzrClZOGPni4zG7JPfDfI54TRwj8U8k%2fdwCcoA24LeDuWYgqMTBo4ouVqxQcW4VDgHBG23WHbIP2S%2fU%2bErMZZPydu3zIYZj3vPfY%3d&ambiguity=1#south|access-date=2007-05-22}}</ref> |notes=Southern terminus of overlap }} {{PAint |type=concur |mile=21.36 |road={{jct|state=PA|PA|152|dir1=south|name1=East Park Avenue}}<ref name=Sellersville/> |notes=Northern terminus of overlap; former segment of [[Pennsylvania Route 413|PA 413]]<ref name=front1930/> }} {{PAint |mile=21.63 |road=East Walnut Street<ref name=Sellersville/> |notes=Formerly [[Pennsylvania Route 813|PA&nbsp;813]]<ref name=front1930/> }} {{PAint |location=West Rockhill Township |lspan=2 |mile=22.71 |road={{jct|state=PA|PA|563|name1=Ridge Road}}<ref>{{cite map|publisher=MapQuest|title=Bethlehem Pike/PA 563 junction|url=http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&addtohistory=&address=%5b401%2d418%5d%20S%20Bethlehem%20Pike&city=Fort%20Washington&state=PA&zipcode=19034&country=US&location=%2baXJVDP6x7wFekbu5nnNhwrcQZX1zYkucnKacLWne8tNfAcFXdeTCWo0cEtxKkWExqn1QfiWzrClZOGPni4zG7JPfDfI54TRwj8U8k%2fdwCcoA24LeDuWYgqMTBo4ouVqxQcW4VDgHBG23WHbIP2S%2fU%2bErMZZPydu3zIYZj3vPfY%3d&ambiguity=1#north|access-date=2007-05-22}}</ref> }} {{PAint |type=concur |mile=25.08 |road={{jct|state=PA|PA|309|dir1=south|name1=Sellersville Bypass}}<ref>{{cite map|publisher=MapQuest|title=Bethlehem Pike/PA 309 interchange south of Quakertown|url=http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&addtohistory=&address=%5b401%2d418%5d%20S%20Bethlehem%20Pike&city=Fort%20Washington&state=PA&zipcode=19034&country=US&location=%2baXJVDP6x7wFekbu5nnNhwrcQZX1zYkucnKacLWne8tNfAcFXdeTCWo0cEtxKkWExqn1QfiWzrClZOGPni4zG7JPfDfI54TRwj8U8k%2fdwCcoA24LeDuWYgqMTBo4ouVqxQcW4VDgHBG23WHbIP2S%2fU%2bErMZZPydu3zIYZj3vPfY%3d&ambiguity=1#south|access-date=2007-05-22}}</ref> |notes=Interchange; Bethlehem Pike becomes PA 309 north of this junction }} {{PAint |location=Quakertown |mile=28.07 |road={{jct|state=PA|PA|663|dir1=south|name1=John Fries Highway|to2=to|PANE|city1=Pennsburg}}<br>{{jct|state=PA|PA|313|dir1=east|name1=Broad Street|city1=Quakertown}}<ref>{{cite map |publisher=Rand McNally |title=Motor Carrier's Road Atlas |edition=Deluxe |year=2007 |page=89 |section=EN12 }}</ref> |notes=Western terminus of PA 313; northern terminus of PA 663 }} {{PAint |county=Lehigh |location=Center Valley |type=concur |mile=34.41 |road={{jct|state=PA|PA|309|dir1=north|city1=Allentown}}<br />{{jct|state=PA|PA|378|dir1=begins}}<ref name=2007map/> |notes=Bethlehem Pike becomes PA 378 north of this junction; southern terminus of PA 378; former segment of [[Pennsylvania Route 312|PA 312]]<ref name=front1930/> }} {{PAint |county=Northampton |cspan=3 |location=Bethlehem |lspan=3 |mile=40.07 |road={{jct|state=PA|PA|412|dir1=south|name1=Broadway|city1=Hellertown}}<ref>{{cite map |publisher=Rand McNally |title=Motor Carrier's Road Atlas |edition=Deluxe |year=2007 |page=89 |section=EB4 }}</ref> |notes=Northern terminus of PA 412; former segment of [[Pennsylvania Route 43 (1920s)|PA 43]]<ref name=front1930/> }} {{PAint |mile=40.43 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=PA|PA|378|dir1=north|road|Main Street}}<ref name=2007map/> |notes=Bethlehem Pike becomes Main Street north of this junction<ref name=ushistory/> }} {{PAint |mile=41.12 |road=Sun Inn Preservation on Main Street<ref name=ushistory/> }} {{jctbtm|keys=concur}}

==See also== *{{Portal-inline|U.S. Roads}} *{{Portal-inline|Pennsylvania}} *{{Portal-inline|Philadelphia}}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{commons category}} {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} *[https://www.ushistory.org/philadelphia/street_bethlehem.htm "Bethlehem Pike"] at U.S. History

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