After many years of construction, and numerous traffic restrictions for new guardrails, traffic signalization, sound walls and the like, the $200 million U.S. Route 202 Parkway will open to traffic Monday, Dec. 3.
The 8.4-mile Parkway, according to PennDOT, is a direct route from Montgomeryville to Doylestown, beginning at Route 63 near Stump Road and ending at Route 611.
“We look forward to opening Pennsylvania’s newest roadway as the Route 202 Parkway will provide additional transportation capacity and enhance travel along this congested corridor in Montgomery and Bucks counties,” PennDOT District Executive Lester C. Toaso said in a statement.
The Parkway boasts four 11-foot-wide travel lanes (two in each direction), between Route 63/Welsh Road and Route 463 in Montgomery County, and two 11-foot-wide travel lanes (one in each direction) from Route 463 to Route 611.
The limit for the entire Parkway will be 40 mph.
In addition, there are 12-foot-wide shared-use bike and pedestrian paths, with 19 access points along the route.
Five trailhead parking areas will be along the route at the following locations: Knapp Road, Route 309, Stump Road, Bristol Road and New Britain Road.
Check out PennDOT updates at www.us202-700.com.
another two lane(I guess four closer to 309) road with 40 speed limit and multiple new traffic lights is less than thrilling. I always wanted to bike to Cosco! Thanks Penn Dot
It honestly needs to be extended all the way to jersey...they shouldnt stop just at doylestown. 202 is still one lane from doylestown to new hope. As more and more developments are being built in and around doylestown, the traffic has gotten progressively horrible. They need to think ahead and extend this through to NJ. But i can go 50 mph on 202 today in that area, a 2 lane hwy with only a few exits should be 55mph at least. The other major problem still is getting from central bucks to philly. Yea this bypass may help with getting to 276, but thats just funneling more cars to a mess. Hopefully penndot can invest in getting our infrastructure up to 22nd century standards as every decade that goes by makes it that much harder to get around this area. (We are becoming worse than the congestive mess of central/north nj).
glad to have it, but what a waste at 40 MPH- thank the community for that one