Pennsylvania Route 282
state highway in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
Pennsylvania Route 282 (PA 282) is an 11.8-mile-long (19.0 km) state highway in Chester County, Pennsylvania. First signed in 1928, the east–west route runs from PA 82 in West Nantmeal Township southeast to the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Wallace Avenue in Downingtown. PA 282 follows Creek Road, a two-lane undivided road that winds along the East Branch Brandywine Creek through rural areas, for most of its length. The route passes through the communities of Glenmoore and Lyndell along the way.
Route description
PA 282 begins at an intersection with PA 82 in West Nantmeal Township, Chester County, heading east on two-lane undivided Creek Road. The road passes through wooded areas with some fields, entering Wallace Township. Here, the route heads to the southeast and crosses the East Branch Brandywine Creek before it reaches the residential community of Glenmoore. Past here, PA 282 continues south through forested areas along the west bank of the East Branch Brandywine Creek. Near Springton Manor Farm, the road winds south before it makes a sharp turn to the northeast. The route curves to the southeast and passes to the west of Marsh Creek State Park as it enters East Brandywine Township.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Pennsylvania Route 282” is state highway in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Pennsylvania, Route and state, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “state highway in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1173406. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1928.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Pennsylvania Route 282” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.