Pennsylvania Route 926 is a long state route located west of Philadelphia in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The western terminus of the route is at Pennsylvania Route 10 in Upper Oxford Township. The eastern terminus is at the West Chester Pike (Pennsylvania Route 3) in the Philadelphia suburb of Willistown Township, Pennsylvania.

The route is known as Street Road for its entire length. For a while 926 serves as the county line between Delaware and Chester Counties and thus technically could be considered a part of Delaware County.

Route description

Pennsylvania Route 926 heads east from PA 10, crossing into Londonderry Township, where it intersects Pennsylvania Route 796 and then Pennsylvania Route 41. It then continues east, closely following the border of West Marlborough and London Grove Townships, and intersects Pennsylvania Route 841. It then fully enters West Marlborough Township for a short distance before entering East Marlborough Township, where it intersects Pennsylvania Route 82. At the border with Pennsbury Township, PA 926 crosses Pennsylvania Route 52. It then skirts through the northern part of Pennsbury Township and the southern part of Pocopson Township before crossing the Brandywine Creek into Birmingham Township. Just after crossing the Brandywine Creek, PA 926 intersects Creek Road, which was the routing of Pennsylvania Route 100 until 2003, when it was truncated from the Delaware border to U.S. Route 202 north of West Chester. PA 926 continues east through Birmingham Township and then forms the border between Westtown Township and Thornbury Township. The route then intersects U.S. Route 202 and U.S. Route 322. It then briefly forms the border between Westtown Township in Chester County, and Thornbury Township, Delaware County before intersecting Pennsylvania Route 352, where it fully enters Westtown Township for a short distance before crossing into Willistown Township, where it continues to its eastern terminus at Pennsylvania Route 3.

History

The path of today's PA 926 was one of William Penn's original roads into the wilderness of his land grant. The route was first signed in 1928. In recent years, the once country road has experienced a large amount of development along its eastern half as many new upscale homes have sprung up along its course. While the western end has largely remained rural, development is slowly starting to pop up along this portion of the road as well.

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