[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Springfield 6-14-1961 by Ord. No. 475. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 92.
The general plan of the streets and highways
of the Township of Springfield, as approved by the Board of Commissioners
of Springfield Township in April 1953, is hereby amended to show the
ultimate right-of-way width of the following streets and highways
to be as respectively indicated:
A.
Township highways.
|
Name of Highway
|
Location
|
Width
(in feet)
|
|---|---|---|
|
Stenton Avenue
|
Bethlehem Pike to Northwestern Avenue (also
known as Wissahickon Avenue)
|
35 (from county line)
|
|
Stenton Avenue
|
Northwestern Avenue to Whitemarsh Township line
|
70
|
|
Ivy Hill Road
|
Stenton Avenue to Cheltenham Avenue
|
35 (from county line)
|
|
Wissahickon Avenue
|
Stenton Avenue to Bethlehem Pike
|
60
|
|
Haws Lane
|
Bethlehem Pike to Church Road
|
60
|
|
Mill Road
|
Church Road to Whitemarsh Township line
|
60
|
|
Oreland Mill Road
|
Church Road to Walnut Avenue
|
60
|
|
Walnut Avenue
|
Camp Hill Road to Oreland Mill Road
|
60
|
|
Sandy Hill Road
|
Church Road to Willow Grove Avenue
|
50
|
|
Northwestern Avenue
|
Stenton Avenue to Andorra Road
|
30 (from county line)
|
|
Andorra Road
|
Northwestern Avenue to Whitemarsh Township line
|
60
|
B.
State highways.
|
Name of Highway
|
Location
|
Width
(in feet)
|
|---|---|---|
|
Germantown Pike
|
Church Road to Walnut Avenue
|
80
|
|
Stenton Avenue
|
Ivy Mill Road to Bethlehem Pike
|
50 (from county line)
|
|
Church Road
|
Chaltenham Township line to Whitemarsh Township
line
|
70
|
|
Paper Hill Road
|
Bethlehem Pike to Bruce Road
|
70
|
|
Pennsylvania Avenue
|
Whitemarsh Township line to Upper Dublin Township
line
|
40 (from township line)
|
|
Willow Grove Avenue
|
Stenton Avenue to Cheltenham Avenue
|
60
|
|
Cheltenham Avenue
|
Willow Grove Avenue to Ivy Hill Road
|
35 (from township line)
|
|
Camp Hill Road
|
Pennsylvania Avenue to Valley Green Road
|
60
|
C.
County highways.
|
Name of Highway
|
Location
|
Width
(in feet)
|
|---|---|---|
|
Ridge Pike
|
Manor Road to Northwestern Avenue
|
120
|
The above-listed ultimate widths shall be accomplished
by widening the present respective rights-of-way equally on each side
of the center line of the respective rights-of-way, except in those
cases above listed which are boundary streets or highways, in which
case the widening shall be as indicated.
The above-listed changes shall be noted upon
the general plan of streets and highways of the township, the said
plan as so amended shall be and remain on file in the office of the
Township Engineer and the said plan in its entirety, as so amended,
is hereby reaffirmed, ratified and approved by the Board of Township
Commissioners as its general plan of streets and highways for the
Township of Springfield, in conformance with the Act of June 24, 1931,
P.L. 1206, as amended by the Act of May 27, 1949, P.L. 1955 and the
Act of May 27, 1953, P.L. 220, Section 2001.
