Pennsylvania Route 332 - Route Description

Route Description

PA 332 begins at an intersection with PA 263 (York Road) in Hatboro, Montgomery County, heading east on Montgomery Avenue, a two-lane undivided roadway. The road passes through residential areas, crossing SEPTA's Warminster Line. Immediately after crossing the railroad tracks, the route turns northeast on Jacksonville Road and heads through industrial and business areas with some homes. PA 332 intersects County Line Road and it enters Warminster Township in Bucks County, continuing through more commercial areas and passing to the east of the Warminster train station. The route widens to four lanes and intersects PA 132 as it continues near industrial parks. The road narrows back to two lanes past the Johnsville Boulevard intersection and enters Ivyland, heading through more residential areas. The route becomes the border between Ivyland to the northwest and Warminster Township to the southeast prior to crossing Bristol Road into Northampton Township. PA 332 continues between industrial areas to the northwest and residential areas to the southeast, reaching an intersection with Almshouse Road.

PA 332 turns southeast onto Almshouse Road and heads through a mix of farm fields and residences. Past the Hatboro Road intersection, the road curves to the east and gains a center left-turn lane, heading into Richboro. In Richboro, the route heads through business areas and intersects PA 232. Upon crossing PA 232, PA 332 changes its name to Newtown Richboro Road and continues past more homes as a two-lane road. The road forms the southern boundary of Tyler State Park, passing between areas of fields and woods in the park to the north and residential subdivisions to the south. The route curves northeast before heading east across the Neshaminy Creek into Newtown Township. In this area, the road briefly widens into a divided highway as it passes the entrance to a housing development to the south of the road. PA 332 comes to an intersection with PA 413 and PA 532 at the Newtown Bypass, a road that provides a bypass of the borough of Newtown.

At this point, PA 332 turns south on the four-lane divided Newtown Bypass, forming a concurrency with PA 413 and PA 532. The road heads through wooded areas with nearby residential development, with PA 532 splitting southwest onto Buck Road toward Holland. PA 332 and PA 413 curve east through more woodland and come to a bridge over the abandoned Fox Chase/Newtown railroad line, with PA 413 turning south onto Newtown Langhorne Road toward Langhorne. PA 332 continues east near residential and commercial development a short distance to the north of the border between Newtown Township and Middletown Township. The road curves to the northeast and passes between an industrial park to the northwest and woods to the southeast, turning east past the intersection with Newtown Yardley Road. Upon intersecting Lindenhurst Road, the route enters Lower Makefield Township and becomes Newtown Yardley Road. It passes through farmland before heading north of an office park and reaching an interchange with I-95. Following this interchange, PA 332 becomes a two-lane undivided road and continues past more fields prior to heading into areas of wooded residential subdivisions. The route turns northeast onto Yardley Langhorne Road and crosses into Yardley, where it is known as Afton Avenue. The road passes more homes before heading into the commercial downtown, crossing the Delaware Canal. PA 332 comes to its eastern terminus at an intersection with PA 32, which runs along the Delaware River.

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