The following streets and alleys, or portions
thereof, are officially ordained as public streets and alleys in the
Borough of Downingtown:
|
Street/Alley
|
Description
|
Date
Ordained
|
Ordinance
Number
|
|---|---|---|---|
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Acorn Lane
|
From Chestnut Street east a distance of 915
feet to Whiteland Avenue; right-of-way; 20 feet: originally ordained
"Woodbine Alley"
|
2-15-1889
9-10-1990
| |
|
Name changed to Acorn Lane
|
10-5-1953
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Ash Alley
|
From Pennsylvania Avenue south a distance of
386 feet to Highland Avenue; right-of-way: 20 feet
|
10-10-1990
|
90-19
|
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Aston Avenue
|
From Lancaster Avenue north a distance of 934.5
feet to William Street; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
12-5-1927
| |
|
From Pennsylvania Avenue north a distance of
599.7 feet to Mary Street; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway 33 feet
|
3-7-1949
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|
Ax Alley
|
From Manor Avenue west a distance of 536.2 feet,
then north a distance of 327.6 feet to Pennsylvania Avenue; right-of-way:
20 feet
|
12-7-1931
| |
|
Beech Street
|
From Lancaster Avenue south to Jefferson Avenue
|
9-7-1968
| |
|
Black Hawk Circle
|
Private road
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|
Boot Road
|
From Brandywine Avenue east to east Borough
line (designated L.R. 15097)
|
6-20-1859
| |
|
Bradford Avenue
|
From railroad depot south to Borough line
|
6-20-1859
| |
|
Improvements
|
6-4-1968
7-11-1990
|
90-12
| |
|
Brandywine Avenue
|
From Lancaster Avenue south to old Borough line
|
6-20-1859
| |
|
From old Borough line south a distance of 497.5
feet to Boot Road
|
5-7-1923
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|
Improvements
|
10-2-1883
5-13-1892
6-5-1950
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|
Brown Avenue
|
From Lancaster Avenue south to Sycamore Alley;
originally ordained as "2nd Street"
|
3-3-1873
| |
|
Name changed to Brown Avenue
|
1-31-1955
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Buchanan Alley
|
From James Alley west to dead end; right-of-way:
20 feet
|
3-3-1873
| |
|
Carpenter Alley
|
From Downing Avenue west to North Alley; right-of-way;
20 feet
|
9-7-1868
| |
|
From Downing Avenue east a distance of 318.8
feet to Manor Avenue; right-of-way; 20 feet
|
9-7-1925
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|
Center Square
|
Intersection of Lancaster Avenue, Brandywine
Avenue and Wallace Avenue
|
6-20-1859
| |
|
Chester Alley
|
From Brandywine Avenue west a distance of 210
feet then south a distance of 455 feet, then east a distance of 212
feet back to Brandywine Avenue; right-of-way: 20 feet
|
6-23-1900
| |
|
Chesterfield Drive
|
From North Lake Drive east and south a distance
of 2,028.48 feet to Sunset Drive; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 28
feet
|
9-12-1966
|
639
|
|
Chestnut Street
|
From Lancaster Avenue south to old Borough line
|
3-3-1873
| |
|
From old Borough line south a distance of 705
feet to Boot Road (annexed from East Caln Township 1-9-1961); right-of-way:
50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
10-10-1990
|
90-19
| |
|
Improvements
|
6-5-1893
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|
Church Street
|
From Bradford Avenue west to old Borough line;
right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 34 feet
|
3-3-1873
10-6-1890
| |
|
From old Borough line west, then south to Prospect
Avenue; right-of-way: 54 feet/cartway: 34 feet
|
3-8-1965
|
601
| |
|
Church Street, East
|
From St. Joseph Lane east a distance of 217.5
feet to dead end; right-of-way: 40 feet/cartway: 28 feet
|
6-18-1904
| |
|
Coal Alley
|
From Hunt Avenue west a distance of 1,283 feet
to Rock Raymond Road (originally ordained as unnamed alley 3-3-1873);
right-of-way: 20 feet
|
10-10-1990
|
90-19
|
|
Court Drive
|
From King Street southeast a distance of 210
feet, then south a distance of 265 feet, then west a distance of 310
feet back to King Street
|
4-12-1954
| |
|
Cox Alley
|
From Washington Avenue south, then east to Pennsylvania
Railroad property line; right-of-way: 20 feet
|
3-3-1873
| |
|
From Green Street east to Chestnut Street
|
1-23-1900
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|
David Circle
|
From Farmhouse Road north a distance of 226.14
feet to cul-de-sac; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
9-8-1976
|
76-14
|
|
Devon Circle
|
From Farmhouse Road north a distance of 293
feet to cul-de-sac; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
9-8-1976
|
76-14
|
|
Donofrio Drive
|
From Prospect Avenue north, then curving in
a northeasterly direction approximately 900 feet to a point parallel
with the eastern boundary lines of Tax Parcel Nos. 11-56-12 and 11-56-13;
right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
11-13-1991
|
91-22
|
|
Downing Avenue
|
From Lancaster Avenue north to Manor Avenue
|
9-7-1868
| |
|
Relocated to intersect with Viaduct Avenue;
right-of-way: 50 feet
|
4-8-1889
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|
Duff Alley
|
From Viaduct Avenue south a distance of 206
feet, then west a distance of 400 feet to St. Joseph Lane; right-of-way:
20 feet
|
1-7-1901
| |
|
Dustin Drive
|
From Pennsylvania Avenue a distance of 25,706
feet to the place of beginning
|
4-3-1996
|
96-2
|
|
Edgerton Alley
|
From Moore Alley east a distance of 355 feet
to Reed Street; right-of-way: 17.3 feet
|
5-7-1923
| |
|
Vacated
|
7-5-2017
|
2017-06
| |
|
Farmhouse Road
|
From North Lake Drive east and south a distance
of 1,358 feet to Uwchlan Avenue; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30
feet
|
9-8-1976
|
76-14
|
|
Forrest Avenue
|
From Pennsylvania Avenue south a distance of
486 feet to cul-de-sac; right-of-way: 43 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
8-9-1954
| |
|
Gabel Avenue
|
From Pennsylvania Avenue south to Lancaster
Avenue; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
9-12-1966
|
639
|
|
Garfield Avenue
|
From Chestnut Street east a distance of 766
feet to Whiteland Avenue; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
2-15-1889
9-10-1900
| |
|
Glenside Avenue
|
From Bradford Avenue a distance of 582 feet
in a southwesterly direction to Borough line; originally ordained
as unnamed street 3-3-1873; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
10-10-1990
|
90-19
|
|
Grant Avenue
|
From Chestnut Street east a distance of 924
feet to Whiteland Avenue
|
2-15-1889
| |
|
From Whiteland Avenue east to cul-de-sac
|
1-12-1977
|
77-2
| |
|
Green Street
|
From Lancaster Avenue south to Jackson Avenue
|
3-3-1873
| |
|
From Lancaster Avenue north a distance of 894
feet to Pennsylvania Avenue (accepted from PennDOT by resolution 2-12-1985);
right-of-way: 60 feet/cartway: 48 feet
|
10-10-1990
|
90-19
| |
|
Harvey Circle
|
From Highland Avenue south a distance of 230
feet to cul-de-sac; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
9-12-1966
|
639
|
|
Highland Avenue
|
From Stuart Avenue west a distance of 2,431
feet to Rock Raymond Road (originally ordained as "Western Avenue"
11-3-1984); right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
10-10-1990
|
90-19
|
|
From Rock Raymond Road west to Gabel Avenue;
right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
9-12-1966
|
639
| |
|
Highland Avenue, West
|
From Forrest Avenue west to Lloyd Avenue; right-of-way:
42 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
8-9-1954
| |
|
Highland Circle
|
From Highland Avenue south 230 feet to cul-de-sac;
right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
9-12-1966
|
639
|
|
Hunt Avenue
|
From Lancaster Avenue north a distance of 976
feet to William Street; ordained as unnamed street 3-3-1873; right-of-way:
50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
10-10-1990
|
90-19
|
|
From William Street north a distance of 324
feet to Mary Street; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
2-7-1949
| ||
|
Jackson Avenue
|
From Green Street east to Chestnut Avenue
|
3-3-1873
| |
|
Jacqueline Drive
|
From Prospect Avenue south to cul-de-sac
|
7-11-1990
|
90-11
|
|
James Alley
|
From Prospect Avenue north to Viaduct Avenue
|
3-3-1873
| |
|
Jefferson Avenue
|
From Green Street east to Whiteland Avenue
|
3-3-1873
| |
|
Jefferson Avenue (Little)
|
From Brandywine Avenue east to Pennsylvania
Railroad property line
|
3-3-1873
| |
|
Johnson Alley
|
From James Alley west to old Borough line
|
3-3-1873
| |
|
Karen Drive
|
From Mark Lane north to cul-de-sac
|
7-8-1981
|
81-4
|
|
Kennedy Drive
|
From Chestnut Street west to cul-de-sac
|
4-3-1996
|
96-3
|
|
Kent Circle
|
From Farmhouse Road north 208 feet to cul-de-sac;
right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
9-8-1976
|
76-14
|
|
King Street
|
From Pennsylvania Avenue south 810 feet to Lancaster
Avenue
|
4-12-1954
| |
|
Lake Drive
|
From Pennsylvania Avenue north, then east, then
southwest a distance of 900 feet back to Lake Drive; right-of-way:
50 feet/cartway: 26 feet
|
4-21-1956
|
463
|
|
Lake Drive, North
|
From Sunset Drive north 1,058 feet to cul-de-sac;
right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 28 feet
|
9-12-1966
|
639
|
|
Lancaster Avenue
|
From east Borough line to west Borough line
(formerly called Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike)
|
6-20-1859
| |
|
Improvements
|
7-3-1981
6-16-1903
6-3-1918
10-20-1920
5-7-1921
1-31-1934
6-3-1946
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|
Laurel Road
|
Ordained as "Bradford Avenue"
|
6-20-1859
| |
|
Lime Alley
|
From Whelen Avenue west 1,193 feet to Aston
Avenue; ordained as unnamed alley 3-3-1873; right-of-way: 20 feet
|
10-10-1990
|
90-19
|
|
Lincoln Avenue
|
From Green Street east a distance of 981 feet
to Chestnut Street; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
10-10-1990
|
90-19
|
|
From Whiteland Avenue east to old Borough line;
right-of-way: 50 feet
|
10-2-1893
| ||
|
From old Borough line east 1,066 feet to Woodbine
Road; annexed from East Caln Township 1-9-1961; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway:
30 feet
|
10-10-1990
|
90-19
| |
|
Little Lane
|
From Sunset Drive south to Lake Drive
|
1-11-1965
|
65-2
|
|
Lloyd Avenue
|
From Lancaster Avenue north 1,463 feet to north
Borough line; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
5-11-1959
|
513
|
|
Logan Avenue
|
From Brandywine Avenue east 552 feet to Reed
Street; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
5-7-1923
| |
|
Vacated
|
7-5-2017
|
2017-06
| |
|
Manor Avenue
|
From Lancaster Avenue west to Borough line
|
6-20-1859
| |
|
Improvements
|
8-7-1933
3-5-1934
3-7-1937
10-14-1957
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|
Mark Lane
|
From Whiteland Avenue east to dead end
|
7-8-1981
|
81-4
|
|
Mary Street
|
From Stuart Avenue west to Hunt Avenue
|
7-6-1896
| |
|
From Whelen Avenue west 813 feet to Hunt Avenue;
right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
8-10-1959
|
514
| |
|
From Hunt Avenue west 1,029.7 feet to Rock Raymond
Road; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
3-7-1949
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|
Middle Alley
|
From Whelen Avenue east to Oak Alley; right-of-way:
20 feet
|
7-6-1896
| |
|
Mill Road
|
From Wallace Avenue east 773 feet to Green Street;
ordained as "Mill Alley" 3-3-1873; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway:
34 feet
|
10-10-1990
|
90-19
|
|
Moore Alley
|
From Logan Avenue south 287.3 feet to Boot Road;
right-of-way: 20 feet
|
5-7-1923
| |
|
Vacated
|
7-5-2017
|
2017-06
| |
|
North Alley
|
From Pennsylvania Avenue north to Manor Avenue
|
9-7-1868
| |
|
Norwood House Road
|
From east Borough line west to Norwood Road
|
1-12-1977
|
77-2
|
|
Norwood Road
|
From north Borough line, then south 1,163 feet
under Route No. 30 bypass to Borough line north of 4th Lake (annexed
from East Caln Township 8-8-1955); right-of-way: 60 feet/cartway:
25 feet
|
10-10-1990
|
90-19
|
|
Oak Alley
|
From Pine Alley north to Mary Street; right-of-way:
20 feet
|
7-6-1896
| |
|
Old Lionville Road
|
From Farmhouse Road north to dead end; right-of-way:
50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
9-8-1976
|
76-14
|
|
Parke Alley
|
From Lancaster Avenue south to Washington Avenue
|
9-7-1868
| |
|
Park Lane
|
From Lancaster Avenue north and east 1,234 feet
to Pennsylvania Avenue; originally ordained as "Brandywine Avenue
Extension"
|
8-15-1921
| |
|
Name changed to Park Lane
|
6-3-1935
| ||
|
Paul Circle
|
From Farmhouse Road north 170 feet to cul-de-sac;
right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
9-8-1976
|
76-14
|
|
Penn Street
|
From Bradford Avenue west a distance of 1,480
feet; right-of-way: 20 feet
|
3-3-1873
10-6-1890
| |
|
Pennsylvania Avenue
|
From Manor Avenue west to Aston Avenue (old
Borough line)
|
6-20-1859
| |
|
From Aston Avenue west to Lloyd Avenue
|
11-10-1958
|
504
| |
|
From Lloyd Avenue west 400 feet to King Street
|
4-12-1954
| ||
|
From Manor Avenue east 1,675.3 feet to Wallace
Avenue; right-of-way: 60 feet/cartway: 40 feet
|
8-15-1921
| ||
|
From east bank of Brandywine Creek east to Uwchlan
Avenue
|
4-8-1957
|
479
| |
|
Improvements
|
5-29-1882
8-7-1876
| ||
|
Pine Alley
|
From Whelen Avenue east to Oak Alley; right-of-way:
20 feet
|
7-6-1896
| |
|
Prospect Avenue
|
From Bradford Avenue west to old Borough line;
right-of-way: 32 feet/cartway: 20 feet
|
3-3-1873
10-6-1890
| |
|
From old Borough line west 615 feet to intersection
with Church Street; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 34 feet
|
10-10-1990
|
90-19
| |
|
From intersection with Church Street west to
Lloyd Avenue
|
5-8-1972
|
745
| |
|
Race Street
|
From Manor Avenue east to dead end
|
6-20-1859
| |
|
Railroad Alley
|
From Viaduct Avenue east 288 feet to west property
line of Tax Parcel No. 11-7-495; thence, from east property line of
Messiah Lutheran Church in an easterly direction 177.25 feet to Borough
lands; ordained as unnamed alley 3-3-1873; right-of-way: 20 feet
|
10-10-1990
|
90-19
|
|
Reed Street
|
From Logan Avenue south 287.3 feet to Boot Road;
right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
5-7-1923
| |
|
Rock Raymond Road
|
From Lancaster Avenue north 358.3 feet to Highland
Avenue; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
10-10-1990
|
90-19
|
|
From William Street north 310.4 feet to Mary
Street; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
3-7-1949
| ||
|
St. Joseph Lane
|
From Viaduct Avenue south to dead end and west
to Bradford Avenue
|
8-9-1954
| |
|
Stone Alley
|
From Whelen Avenue west 1,270.5 feet to Aston
Avenue; ordained as unnamed alley 3-3-1873; right-of-way: 20 feet
|
10-10-1990
|
90-19
|
|
Strawberry Alley
|
From Whelen Avenue east 339 feet to Ash Alley;
right-of-way: 20 feet
|
10-10-1990
|
90-19
|
|
Stuart Avenue
|
From Lancaster Avenue north to Manor Avenue
|
6-20-1859
| |
|
Sunset Drive
|
From Uwchlan Avenue west and northwest a distance
of 1,598 feet to dead end; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 34 feet
|
9-12-1966
|
639
|
|
From Uwchlan Avenue east a distance of 1,024.4
feet to dead end; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 34 feet
|
9-12-1966
|
639
| |
|
Sycamore Alley
|
From Green Street east 974 feet to Chestnut
Street; ordained as unnamed alley 3-3-1873; right-of-way: 20 feet
|
10-10-1990
|
90-19
|
|
From Whiteland Avenue east 1,592 feet to dead
end; right-of-way: 20 feet
|
6-6-1921
| ||
|
Thomas Road
|
From Whiteland Avenue east to Karen Drive
|
7-8-1981
|
81-4
|
|
Tutton Alley
|
From Green Street east 943 feet to Chestnut
Street; right-of-way: 20 feet
|
9-1-1902
| |
|
Uwchlan Avenue
|
From Lancaster Avenue north to north Borough
line
|
6-20-1859
5-6-1929
| |
|
Valley View Lane
|
From Donofrio Drive south approximately 280
feet to the cul-de-sac; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
11-13-1991
|
91-22
|
|
Viaduct Avenue
|
From Lancaster Avenue south under the railroad,
then west along said railroad to Bradford Avenue; right-of-way, 50
feet
|
12-2-1872
| |
|
Wagner Avenue
|
From Lancaster Avenue south 392.3 feet to Washington
Avenue; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet; originally ordained
as "3rd Street"
|
3-3-1873
6-6-1921
| |
|
Name changed to Wagner Avenue
|
1-31-1955
| ||
|
Wallace Avenue
|
From Lancaster Avenue north to north Borough
line; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
6-20-1859
2-4-1924
| |
|
Washington Avenue
|
From Brandywine Avenue east to Whiteland Avenue
|
3-3-1873
| |
|
From Whiteland Avenue east 503 feet to Wagner
Avenue; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
6-6-1921
| ||
|
Webster Avenue
|
From Stuart Avenue east to Downing Avenue
|
9-7-1868
| |
|
Western Alley
|
From Stuart Avenue east to dead end; right-of-way:
20 feet
|
10-10-1990
|
90-18
|
|
Whelen Avenue
|
From Highland Avenue north 834 feet to Mary
Street; right-of-way; 40 feet/cartway; 30 feet
|
8-1-1921
| |
|
From old Mary Street 111 feet north to new Mary
Street; right-of-way: 40 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
1-11-1960
|
516
| |
|
Whiteland Avenue
|
From Lancaster Avenue south to Lincoln Avenue
|
6-20-1859
| |
|
William Street
|
From Stuart Avenue west to Hunt Avenue; right-of-way:
40 feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
6-9-1881
7-6-1896
12-5-1927
| |
|
From Hunt Avenue west 1,108 feet to Rock Raymond
Road; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 32 feet
|
3-7-1949
| ||
|
Willow Street
|
From Church Street south to Prospect Avenue
|
1-10-1966
|
625
|
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Wood Alley
|
From Beech Street east to Parke Alley; right-of-way:
20 feet
|
9-7-1868
| |
|
Woodbine Road
|
From Lancaster Avenue south 3,391 feet to Lincoln
Avenue (annexed from East Caln Township 1-9-1961); right-of-way: 50
feet/cartway: 30 feet
|
10-10-1990
|
90-19
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