page_title: Pennsylvania Route 63
section_title: Green Lane to Lansdale
hierarchical_section_title: Pennsylvania Route 63 / Route description / Green Lane to Lansdale
caption_attribution_description: Westbound Pennsylvania Route 63 (Sumneytown Pike) past the intersection with Pennsylvania Route 113 (Harleysville Pike) in Harleysville.
context_page_description: Pennsylvania Route 63 is a 37.4-mile-long state highway located in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. The western terminus of the route is at PA 29 in Green Lane, Montgomery County. The eastern terminus is at Interstate 95 in Bensalem Township, Bucks County. The route heads through a mix of suburban and rural areas of northern Montgomery County as a two-lane road, passing through Harleysville, before coming to an interchange with I-476 in Towamencin Township. From this point, PA 63 continues through predominantly suburban areas of eastern Montgomery County as a two- to four-lane road, passing through Lansdale, Maple Glen, Willow Grove, and Huntingdon Valley. Upon entering Northeast Philadelphia, the route follows Red Lion Road and U.S. Route 1 before heading southeast on a freeway called Woodhaven Road to I-95.
  What would become PA 63 was originally designated as Legislative Route 198 in 1911, running from Green Lane to Northeast Philadelphia. When first designated, PA 63 ran from PA 29 in Green Lane to US 611 in Willow Grove, following its current alignment.
context_section_description: PA 63 begins at a "T" intersection with PA 29 in the borough of Green Lane in Montgomery County. From this intersection, the route heads southeast as two-lane undivided Main Street, passing by several homes. After crossing Upper Ridge Road, the road enters Marlborough Township and becomes Sumneytown Pike. PA 63 continues through rural areas with some development, passing through the community of Sumneytown. Upon crossing Unami Creek, the route enters Upper Salford Township and heads into forested areas, where PA 63 meets the southern terminus of PA 563 (Ridge Road). Following that intersection, the road passes through a mix of farmland, woodland, and residential developments. The route crosses over the East Branch Perkiomen Creek before entering Lower Salford Township. At this point, PA 63 becomes Main Street and heads into the community of Harleysville, where it passes through suburban residential neighborhoods before heading into a commercial area, crossing PA 113 (Harleysville Pike). 
  In the area of this intersection, PA 63 is briefly a divided highway. After PA 113, the road passes through the center of Harleysville. The road turns south, becoming a three-lane road with a center left-turn lane before it heads to the southeast again as a two-lane road, continuing past a mix of farm fields and residential and commercial development. PA 63 bypasses the community of Mainland to the northeast with two westbound lanes and one eastbound lane before entering Towamencin Township near a crossing of Skippack Creek and heading into the North Penn Valley region.
  In Towamencin Township, PA 63 widens to four lanes and is called Sumneytown Pike again, passing woods and development before reaching an interchange with I-476 (Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension). The I-476 junction includes a full interchange via a ramp passing through the toll plaza along with additional E-ZPass-only ramps to southbound I-476 and from northbound I-476. Southeast of I-476, the route enters a commercial area in the community of Kulpsville, where the highway turns northeast onto Forty Foot Road, a five-lane road with a center left-turn lane. PA 63 passes through suburban areas, narrowing to three lanes before widening back to five lanes. Along this stretch, the route passes southeast of Dock Mennonite Academy. A short distance later, PA 63 turns southeast onto Welsh Road and Forty Foot Road continues northeast toward Hatfield as PA 463. Along two-lane Welsh Road, PA 63 forms the border between Hatfield Township to the northeast and Towamencin Township to the southwest. The road heads through residential neighborhoods.
  At the intersection with Squirrel Lane, PA 63 briefly forms the border between the borough of Lansdale to the northeast and Towamencin Township to the southwest before fully entering Lansdale and becoming Main Street. The road passes a mix of homes and businesses before coming to the northern terminus of PA 363 (Valley Forge Road). After the PA 363 intersection, the road runs through the downtown of Lansdale, where the route crosses SEPTA's Lansdale/Doylestown Line at-grade south of the Lansdale station.  The road leaves downtown and heads into areas of homes and businesses. At a crossing of Wissahickon Creek, PA 63 forms the border between Lansdale to the northeast and  Upper Gwynedd Township to the southwest before running along the border of Montgomery Township and Upper Gwynedd Township after crossing North Wales Road.
caption: PA 63 westbound past PA 113 in Harleysville
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