Pennsylvania Route 12 (PA 12) is a 9.566-mile-long (15.395 km) state highway located in Berks County in eastern Pennsylvania. The western terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 222 (US 222) and US 422 in Wyomissing. Its eastern terminus is PA 662 in the community of Pricetown in Ruscombmanor Township. In the Reading area, PA 12 is a four-lane freeway called the Warren Street Bypass that heads northeast through urban areas, coming to interchanges with multiple roads including PA 183, PA 61, and US 222 Business (US 222 Bus.). In Alsace Township, the route becomes a two-lane undivided road with at-grade intersections called Pricetown Road and continues northeast through rural areas, intersecting PA 73 before ending at PA 662.
PA 12 eastbound approaching the PA 183 interchange in Reading
PA 12 eastbound in Alsace Township
PA 12 eastbound in Ruscombmanor Township
PA 12 eastbound at interchange with US 222 Bus. in Muhlenberg Township
Berks County, Pennsylvania
Berks County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 428,849. The county seat is Reading, the fourth-most populous city in the state. The county is part of the South Central Pennsylvania region of the state.
Reading, the largest city in the county and fourth-largest in Pennsylvania, in October 2010
I-78/US Route 22 eastbound in Berks County
Berks County Courthouse in Reading
A farm in Windsor Township in January 2008