Route Description
PA 463 begins an intersection with PA 63 on the border of Hatfield Township and Towamencin Township, heading northeast on four-lane undivided Forty Foot Road into Hatfield Township. The road passes through commercial areas and narrows to two lanes before it passes a couple farms. The route continues into residential areas with a few businesses and enters the borough of Hatfield, where it becomes West Broad Street. In Hatfield, the road continues northeast to the center of town. Here, PA 463 turns to the southeast on South Main Street and passes more residential and commercial development, crossing a railroad line owned by SEPTA and operated by the Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad. The road crosses back into Hatfield Township and becomes Cowpath Road. The route runs through wooded residential neighborhoods before crossing SEPTA's Lansdale/Doylestown Line near the Fortuna station and intersecting Broad Street in a commercial area.
Heading back into wooded areas containing homes, PA 463 enters Montgomery Township at the Line Street intersection. It reaches the community of Montgomeryville, where PA 463 widens into a four-lane divided highway and intersects PA 309 (Bethlehem Pike) and Doylestown Road at the Five Points intersection.
Past this intersection, the route takes on the name Horsham Road and passes near more businesses as it narrows into a three-lane road with a center left-turn lane and one travel lane in each direction. After crossing North Wales Road, the route carries five lanes total, with two travel lanes in each direction and a center left-turn lane, as it heads into residential areas. The road passes through commercial areas past the Upper State Road intersection and crosses US 202. Past Stump Road, PA 463 narrows to two lanes total and runs past a trailer park to the northeast and business parks to the southwest. The route enters more residential surroundings after intersecting Kenas Road, becoming the border between Horsham Township to the southwest and Montgomery Township to the northeast.
Upon crossing Lower State Road, PA 463 fully enters Horsham Township and becomes a three-lane road with a center left-turn lane as it heads past housing subdivisions. The route loses the turning lane and continues southeast to PA 152 in the village of Prospectville. At this intersection, PA 463 gains a center left-turn lane again and passes a few businesses before continuing past Deep Meadow Park and Kohler Park. The road intersects Keith Valley Road and passes near Samuel Carpenter Park along with development. At the Babylon Road junction, the route becomes a five-lane road and runs past more business parks before coming to Privet Road. At this point, PA 463 runs past the former Willow Grove Naval Air Station to the northeast. The road passes near some homes before coming to Norristown Road and passing businesses. The route reaches the edge of the naval air station property at the Maple Avenue intersection and continues past more commercial areas. PA 463 intersects Dresher Road, where the center left-turn lane ends and the road becomes four lanes, reaching its eastern terminus at PA 611 in the community of Horsham.
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