History
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. The portion of the road encompassing all of PA 263 was planned in 1711 to run from Philadelphia to Centre Bridge. The Old York Road would later exist as a turnpike. In 1911, the part of PA 263 between the southern terminus and Lahaska was designated as part of Legislative Route 155, a route that ran from Willow Grove to New Hope.
By 1930, PA 263 was designated to run from US 611 in Willow Grove to PA 32 in Centre Bridge. The Upper York Road portion of PA 263 was paved by 1940. By 1970, the route was widened into a four-lane highway between County Line Road and PA 413 in Buckingham. In 2006, the portion of PA 263 through Hatboro was named the Roy W. Cornell Memorial Highway in honor of Roy Cornell, a member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly who had represented Hatboro for over 30 years.
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