Site Navigation Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont     Interstate 176 Southbound Interstate 176 Southbound Turning southward onto Interstate 176 from U.S. 422 eastbound. A 0.50-mile guide sign resides along the eastbound to southbound ramp for the nearby Exit 10 junction with Pennsylvania 724 (Philadelphia Avenue). The diamond interchange with Philadelphia Avenue exists just between the Schuylkill River at Ridgewood. Photo taken 08/01/04. Pennsylvania 724 (Philadelphia Avenue) shields and directional guide sign at the end of the Exit 10 off-ramp from Interstate 176 south. Philadelphia Avenue skims south of the Reading (pop. 81,201) area between Shillington, Robeson Crossing, and Birdsboro (pop. 5,064). Photo taken 08/01/04. Southbound Interstate 176 reassurance shield posted after the Exit 10 junction with Pennsylvania 724. Interstate 176 is actually quite scenic as it undulates the piedmont of the Appalachian Mountains. Photo taken 08/01/04. Obscured by foliage, this guide sign indicates the mileage to the final three exits of Interstate 176 south. They are Exit 7 for Green Hills, Exit 2 for Morgantown, and the southern terminus at Interstate 76. Photo taken 08/01/04. Interstate 176 replaced Pennsylvania 10 (former U.S. 122) as the primary route between the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Reading from the south. The state highway (Morgantown Road) parallels the freeway spur and interchanges with it at Green Hills. Photo taken 08/01/04. Pennsylvania 10 (Morgantown Road) provides access to Pennsylvania 568 (Kurtz Mill Road & Green Hills Road) just south of the Exit 7 off-ramp from Interstate 176 south. Pennsylvania 568 travels south from Gilbralter and junction Pennsylvania 724 to Green Hills. Photo taken 08/01/04. Original concrete shows its age at the one-half mile guide sign of Exit 7 on Interstate 176 south. Westward Pennsylvania 568 (Kurtz Mill Road) travels to Knauers (junction Pennsylvania 625) and junction U.S. 222 & Pennsylvania 272 at Adamstown (pop. 1,203). Photo taken 08/01/04. Interstate 176 southbound at the ramp departure for Pennsylvania 10 (Morgantown Road) and Pennsylvania 568. Pennsylvania 10 parallels the southbound side of the freeway here. Exit 7 consists of a right-hand ramp perpendicular to Morgantown Road with an adjacent return ramp. Photo taken 08/01/04. Southbound reassurance shield posted south of the Exit 7 on-ramp from Pennsylvania 10. Photo taken 08/01/04. Mileage sign for the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Morgantown exits of Interstate 176 south. Again foliage obscures the values of the guide sign. Photo taken 08/01/04. Construction of the new direct connection with Interstate 76 at Morgantown resulted in new signs and some repaving of the original roadway. Pictured here is another section of crumbling concrete along the stretch between Exits 7 and 2. Photo taken 08/01/04. Pennsylvania Turnpike trailblazer four miles north of the Interstate 176 southern terminus. Passing overhead in the background is Chestnut Hill Road. Photo taken 08/01/04. Interstate 176 originally spurred to the overlap of Pennsylvania 10 & 23 (Main Street) in Morgantown. Access to Interstate 76 was accomplished by taking Main Street east to the Pennsylvania 10 northbound split to the original Morgantown Interchange of the Turnpike. Construction of the new direct connection and ramps was completed by 1996. The spur now is signed as Exit 2. Photo taken 08/01/04. Auxiliary guide sign for Exit 2 featuring the Pennsylvania 23 destinations of Phoenixville (pop. 14,824) and Lancaster (pop. 56,347). The east-west state route is an important through route from metro Philadelphia to the Lancaster area. Portions of it were planned as a freeway at one time. Photo taken 08/01/04. Nearing the Exit 2 split of the old Interstate 176 spur from the new roadway to Interstate 76 and Pennsylvania 10 (Exit 1). The control city of Exit 2 is that of Honey Brook (pop. 1,287) for Pennsylvania 10 southbound. The state route intersects U.S. 322 at the Chester County village. Photo taken 08/01/04. Sign bridge at the Exit 2 departure of the Interstate 176 spur to Pennsylvania 10 & 23 (Main Street). The freeway spur ends at a traffic light just east of the Pennsylvania 10 & 23 western partition. Pennsylvania 23 sinks westward to New Holland (pop. 5,092) in 11 miles and Lancaster in 21 miles. Pennsylvania 10 reaches Honey Brook in just five miles. Photo taken 08/01/04. Shiloh Road passes overhead one quarter mile from the Exit 1 diamond interchange with Pennsylvania 10 at Morgantown on Interstate 176 south. The state route stays east of Interstate 176 from Exit 7 to Beckerstown and Exit 1. The original Morgantown Interchange consisted of a trumpet interchange and access road between Pennsylvania 10 and Interstate 76 south of here. Abandoned ramps remain in place still. Photo taken 08/01/04. Exit 1 represents the last departure point before Interstate 176 defaults into the Pennsylvania Turnpike system. A runaway truck ramp is in place just south of the interchange due to the steady decline of the Reading freeway spur over the last several miles. The next interchanges of Interstate 76 are U.S. 222 west of Morgantown (Exit 286) and Pennsylvania 100 east of there. Photo taken 08/01/04. A parting shot of the Interstate 176 southbound approach to the Pennsylvania Turnpike toll plaza. The aforementioned runaway truck ramp leaves ahead. Beyond the curve ahead is the Interstate 76 toll plaza and Exit 298 trumpet interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Photo taken 08/01/04. Scenes Pertaining to Interstate 176 Button copy guide sign on Pennsylvania 724 (Philadelphia Avenue) eastbound at it approaches the Exit 10 diamond interchange of Interstate 176. Interstate 176 ends just north of here at junction U.S. 422. Downtown Reading is approximately four miles to the northwest. Photo taken 08/01/04. Pennsylvania 724 (Philadelphia Avenue) eastbound at the southbound on-ramp to Interstate 176. The next interchange lies three miles to the south at Pennsylvania 10 (Morgantown Road). Pennsylvania 724 intersected Pennsylvania 10 1.5 miles to the west. Photo taken 08/01/04. Page Updated September 15, 2004.