Pennsylvania Route 263

Pennsylvania Route 263
Map of southeastern Pennsylvania with PA 263 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by PennDOT
Length	20.139 mi[1] (32.411 km)
Existed	1928[2]–present
Major junctions
South end	PA 611 in Willow Grove
Major intersections	PA 332 in Hatboro PA 132 in Warminster PA 313 in Furlong PA 413 in Buckingham US 202 in Buckingham PA 32 in Centre Bridge
North end	Centre Bridge–Stockton Bridge in Centre Bridge
Location
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
Counties	Montgomery, Bucks
Highway system
Pennsylvania State Route System Interstate US State Scenic Legislative
← PA 262 → PA 264

Pennsylvania Route 263 (PA 263) is a north–south state highway located in southeast Pennsylvania. The southern terminus of the route is at PA 611 in Willow Grove, Montgomery County. The northern terminus is at the Centre Bridge–Stockton Bridge over the Delaware River in Centre Bridge, Bucks County, where the road continues into Stockton, New Jersey, as Bridge Street to an intersection with Route 29. PA 263 follows the routing of Old York Road, a historic road that connected Philadelphia to New York City, and carries the name York Road from the southern terminus to Lahaska and Upper York Road north of there. From Willow Grove to Buckingham, PA 263 runs mostly through suburban areas as a four-lane road, passing through Hatboro, Warminster, and Jamison. The route forms a concurrency with U.S. Route 202 (US 202) in Buckingham and narrows to a two-lane road, splitting with that route in Lahaska. From here, the route continues through rural areas to Centre Bridge.

PA 263 follows a part of the alignment of Old York Road, which was laid out in 1711. In 1911, the portion of the current route south of Lahaska became part of Legislative Route 155. When Pennsylvania designated its state highways, PA 263 was assigned to its current alignment between Willow Grove and Centre Bridge in 1928.