Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Pennsylvania/Selected article/December 2012

Pennsylvania Route 232 (PA 232) is a 25.2 mi long state highway located in southeastern Pennsylvania. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 1 (US 1) and US 13 at the Oxford Circle in Philadelphia. The northern terminus is at PA 32 in the borough of New Hope, Bucks County, on the banks of the Delaware River. The route passes through the urban areas of Northeast Philadelphia as two-lane undivided Oxford Avenue, serving the Lawncrest, Burholme, and Fox Chase neighborhoods. Upon entering Montgomery County, PA 232 becomes a two- to four lane road called Huntingdon Pike that passes through suburban areas, serving the communities of Rockledge, Huntingdon Valley, and Bryn Athyn. The route passes through more suburban development in Bucks County as Second Street Pike, running through Southampton and Richboro. In Wrightstown Township, PA 232 enters rural areas and becomes Windy Bush Road as it heads north to New Hope.

South of Penns Park, the road was originally known as the Fox Chase and Huntingdon Valley Turnpike or the Second Street Turnpike, a turnpike that connected farms in Bucks County to Philadelphia. When Pennsylvania first created state highways, PA 232 was designated on its current route between PA 63 in Bethayres and PA 32 in New Hope, while Pennsylvania Route 163 was designated onto current PA 232 between PA 73 in Philadelphia and PA 63. PA 232 was extended south along PA 163 by 1940 and to the Oxford Circle by 1960.