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Township of Lower Frederick, PA
Montgomery County
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The speed limit for both directions of traffic along the streets or parts thereof described in this section is hereby established at the rate of speed indicated in said schedule. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a higher speed than the maximum prescribed for that street or part of a street.
Name of Street
Speed Limit
(mph)
Location
Bavington Road - Riverside Avenue
25
Entire length
Cepp Road
25
Entire length
Cemetery Lane Road
30
Entire length
Crystal Drive - Goshen Road - Grimley Road
25
Entire length
Delphi Road
25
Entire length
Evergreen Street
15
Entire length
Fulmer Road
25
Riverside Avenue to Main Street
Fulmer Road
35
Between Riverside Avenue and Salford Station Road
Gerloff Road
25
Between Yerger Road and Limerick Township border
Gerloff Road
30
Yerger Road to Big Road
Gravel Pike
35
Between Meng Road and Delphi Junction Commercial Center
Kratz Road
25
Entire length
Laureen Road - Berger Road
25
Entire length
Marian Street - Maryhill Street - Mary Jane Avenue
25
Entire length
Meng Road
30
Entire length
Minehill Road
25
Between Meng Road and Cemetery Road
Perkiomen Avenue - Second Avenue
25
Entire length
Schwenk Road
35
Between Zieglerville Road and Salford Station Road
Second Avenue
25
Perkiomen Avenue to Main Street
Simmons Road
30
Entire length
Smith Road
25
Game Farm Road to Perkiomen Township border
Station Avenue - Third Avenue - Spring Mount Road
25
Entire length
Swamp Creek Road
25
Entire length
Village Drive
25
Entire length
Zieglerville Road
25
Route 29 to Main Street
Traffic control signals shall be installed and operated at the intersection of the following streets:
Intersection
Gravel Pike and Big Road (Route 29 and Route 73)
Gravel Pike (Route 29) and Spring Mount Road
Spring Mount Road School Zone 15 mph (St. Mary's School — 8:00 a.m. to 8:35 a.m.; 3:15 p.m. to 3: 50 p.m.)
No person shall make a right turn (or a left turn from a one-way street into another one-way street) when facing a steady red signal at any of the following locations:
Name of Street
Direction
of Travel
Prohibited Right Turn on Red Signal Onto
Spring Mount Road
North
Route 29 (Gravel Pike)
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to make a turn of the kind designated (left, right, all) at any of the following intersections:
Name of Street
Direction of Travel
Prohibited Turn
Hours
At Intersection of
Church Street
East
Right
All
Woodside
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to make a U-turn on any of the following streets or parts of streets:
Name of Street
Location
(Reserved)
The streets or parts of streets described in this section are hereby designated as one-way streets in the direction indicated, and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle on any one-way street other than in the direction established for traffic on that street:
Name of Street
Direction of Travel
Limits
Woodside Avenue
West
Between Main Street and Church Street
No-passing zones are hereby established along those streets or parts of streets described in this section, and it shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to overtake or pass another vehicle or to drive on the left side of the roadway in any no-passing zone described in said schedule:
Name of Street
Direction of Travel
Limits
(Reserved)
The streets or parts of streets described in this section are hereby established as through streets; and the driver of any vehicle, upon approaching any such street at any intersection thereof (except for such intersections where there are now or shall hereafter be located official traffic signals), shall come to a full stop or yield the right-of-way, as the case may be, before entering any such through street:
Name of Street
Limits
(Reserved)
The intersections described in this section (in addition to intersections with the through streets established by this chapter) are hereby established as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected in such a position upon the first-named street as to face traffic approaching the second-named street in the direction or directions indicated in said schedule. Every driver of a vehicle approaching any such intersection upon the first-named street, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, shall come to a full stop before entering any such intersection.
Stop Sign on
Direction
of Travel
At Intersection of
Alexander Drive
South
Little Road
Amy Lane
East
Gravel Pike
Audrey's Lane
West
Hendricks Road
Berger Road
West
Goshen Road
Bethanna Drive
North
Mine Hill Road
Bethanna Drive
South
Christina Circle*
Boulder Lane
South
Main Street
Cedar Court
West
Laureen Road
Cemetery Lane
North
Meng Road
Cemetery Lane
South
Mine Hill Road
Cepp Road
East
Salford Station Road
Cepp Road
West
Hendricks Road
Christina Circle
East and west
Bethanna Drive*
Church Road
North
Woodside Avenue
Creekside Way
South
Yerger Road
Crystal Drive
North
Boulder Lane
Crystal Drive
West
Main Street
Delphi Road
East
Gravel Pike
Delphi Road
North
Meng Road
Delphi Road
South
Game Farm Road
Fulmer Road
West
Salford Station Road
Gerloff Road
North
Big Road
Goshen Road
South
Grimley Road
Grebe Road
North
Neiffer Road
Grimley Road
East
Village Drive
Grimley Road
East and west
Schwenk Road
Grimley Road
West
Grimley Road
Hollowbush
North
Fulmer Road
Kratz Road
East
Hendricks Road
Kratz Road
North
Gravel Pike
Krause Road
South
Swamp Creek Road
Main Street
South
Main Street
Main Street and Fulmer Road (3-way)
Three ways
Main Street and Fulmer Road
Marion Street
East
Perkiomen Avenue
Mary Jane Road
East
Perkiomen Avenue
Meadow Lane
South
Colonial Drive
Memorial Road
South
Gravel Pike
Meng Road
East
Cemetery Lane
Meng Road
North
Gravel Pike
Mine Hill Road
East
Meng Road
Mine Hill Road
West
Meng Road
Mine Run Road
North
Game Farm Road
Old Gravel Pike
North
Gravel Pike
Overlook Drive (east side)
North
Mine Hill Road
Overlook Drive (west side)
North
Mine Hill Road
Perkiomen Avenue
North
2nd Avenue
Riverside Avenue
North
Riverside Avenue
Riverside Avenue
South
Crystal Drive
Riverside Avenue
West
Fulmer Road
Rose Lane
West
Simons Road
Ryanford Road
North
Gerloff Road
Salford Station Road (connects with Colonial Drive)
North
Gravel Pike
Schwenk Road
North and south
Zieglerville Road
Schwenk Road
South
Grimley Road**
Schwenk Road
West
Salford Station Road
Second Street
East
Main Street
Simmons Road
North
Gravel Pike
Simmons Road
North
Little Road
Simmons Road
South
Big Road
Simmons Road
South
Little Road
Smith Road and Centennial Street
Three ways
Smith Road and Centennial Street
Spring Mount Knoll
East
Boulder Lane
Spring Mount Road
East and North
Main Street
Susan's Lane
East
Cepp Road
Swamp Creek Road
North
Big Road
Third Avenue
North
Perkiomen Avenue
Village Drive (north side)
East
Spring Mount Road
Village Drive (north side)
East and west
Private road
Village Drive (south side)
East
Spring Mount Road
Village Drive (south side)
East and west
Private road (Aspen Way)
Williams Circle
South
Mine Hill Road
Wilson Drive
South
Mine Hill Road
Woodside Avenue
West
Perkiomen Avenue
Yerger Road
East
Delphi Road
Yerger Road and Gerloff Road
North, south, east and west (four ways)
Yerger Road and Gerloff Road
Zieglerville Road
South
Gravel Pike
NOTES:
*
Bethanna and Christina Circle three-way stop.
**
Except right turn onto Grimley Road.
The intersections described in this section (in addition to intersections with the through streets established by this chapter) are hereby established as yield intersections, and official yield signs shall be erected in such a position upon the first-named street as to face traffic approaching the second-named street in the direction or directions indicated. Every driver of a vehicle approaching any such intersection upon the first-named street, in the direction or directions indicated in each case, shall slow down or stop the vehicle and then yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on the second-named street so closely as to constitute a hazard during the time that the driver is moving across or within such intersection.
Yield Sign on
Direction of Travel
At Intersection of
(Reserved)
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle, except a passenger vehicle (but not including any passenger vehicle drawing any trailer or towing any other vehicle), upon any of the following streets or parts of streets:
Name of Street
Limits
Cemetery Lane
No vehicles more than eight feet wide or 8,000 pounds
Riverside Avenue
No vehicles more than eight feet wide or 8,000 pounds
Schwenk Road
No vehicles more than eight feet wide or 8,000 pounds
[Added 2-6-2018 by Ord. No. 18-01]
A. 
For the purpose of this section, "truck" is defined as any and all three-axle trucks, any and all four-axle trucks and any and all tractor-trailer combinations.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a truck on the following streets or parts of streets when official signs have been posted at the entrances to those streets:
Name of Street
Limits
Gerloff Road
From Gerloff Road's beginning point in Lower Frederick Township to the border of Limerick Township
C. 
Nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from driving an emergency vehicle on any of those streets or parts of streets or from driving on any of those streets or parts of streets a truck or other commercial vehicle making local deliveries to or pickups from premises located along that street or part of a street.
D. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and costs.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any commercial vehicle or other tractor, trailer or tractor-trailer combination, having a gross weight in excess of that respectively prescribed, upon any of the streets or bridges, or portions thereof, described in this section, except for the purpose of making local deliveries on said streets:
Name of Street or Bridge
Maximum
Gross Weight
(pounds)
Location
Cemetery Lane
8,0000
Entire length
Gerloff Road Bridge
60,000
Crossing the swamp Creek
Riverside Avenue
8,000
Entire length
Schwenk Road
8,000
Entire length
Second Avenue Bridge
20,000
West of Main Street
Simmons Road
30,000
Crossing the Goschenhoppen Creek