History
When Pennsylvania first legislated routes in 1911, present-day PA 463 was not given a number. In 1928, PA 463 was designated onto its current alignment from PA 63 in Hatfield Township to US 611/PA 2 in Horsham. At this time, the route was paved between PA 63 and Hatfield. When first created, PA 463 intersected US 122/US 309/PA 12/PA 52 in Montgomery Township and PA 152 in Horsham Township. By 1930, PA 463 was paved in Horsham Township. At this time, it no longer intersected PA 12 and PA 52 and it now intersected PA 752 in Horsham Township. The remainder of PA 463 was paved by 1940. Also by this time, US 122 became US 202 and PA 463 no longer intersected PA 752, the first of several changes to the routes that intersected PA 463.
By 1970, the US 309 designation that the route intersected in Montgomeryville became PA 309. The route at the eastern terminus of PA 463 changed from US 611 to PA 611 by 1973. Construction began to widen the section of PA 463 between North Wales Road and General Hancock Boulevard into a five-lane road as part of the 202 Parkway project in 2009. The widening project was completed a year later.
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