PRINTER'S NO. 3112
No. 2180 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY BARRAR, JANUARY 22, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 22, 2008
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 22, 1931 (P.L.594, No.203), entitled
2 "An act establishing certain township roads as State
3 highways; authorizing their construction, maintenance, and
4 improvement under certain conditions and restrictions;
5 limiting the obligation of the Commonwealth in the
6 construction of certain structures located on such highways;
7 conferring certain powers upon the Department of Highways and
8 local authorities, persons, associations and corporations for
9 sharing the cost of the maintenance and construction of such
10 highways; and making an appropriation to carry out the
11 provisions of said act," adding a portion of Beaver Dam Road,
12 Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County, to the State highway
13 system.
14 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
15 hereby enacts as follows:
16 Section 1. Section 24 of the act of June 22, 1931 (P.L.594,
17 No.203), referred to as the Township State Highway Law, is
18 amended by adding routes to read:
19 Section 24. The township roads to be taken over, under the
20 provisions of this act, in the COUNTY OF DELAWARE, are those
21 situate and described as follows:
22 * * *
23 The portion of Beaver Dam Road lying within the Commonwealth
1 of Pennsylvania, further located between its intersections with
2 Ridge Road and Beaver Valley Road as shown on a plan prepared
3 for Woodlawn Trustees, Inc., said plan prepared by Tetra Tech
4 Inc., dated August 6, 2007, RCN T20680, Computer file V12.01-
5 row.dwg. situated in Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County,
6 Pennsylvania, and more particularly described as follows:
7 BEGINNING at the point of intersection formed by the physical
8 centerline of Beaver Dam Road at 33 feet wide with the
9 Pennsylvania-Delaware state line (at centerline POC Sta 17+78.82
10 as shown on the aforesaid plan), said point being in the
11 division line between lands now or formerly of Woodlawn Trustees
12 - Penna Inc. (c/o Woodlawn Trustees Inc.)(in Chadds Ford
13 Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania)(Deed Book 2433, Page
14 544) (Map Parcel Number 04-35-003:000, Folio Number 04-00-00068-
15 00), and lands known as Nos. 49 and 90 Beaver Dam Road now or
16 formerly of Woodlawn Trustees Inc. (in Brandywine Hundred, New
17 Castle County, Delaware)(Tax Parcel Number 06-001.00-004), said
18 point being further located along the said physical centerline
19 of Beaver Dam Road, the four (4) following described courses and
20 distances from the point of intersection (PI Sta 10+00) formed
21 by the said physical centerline of Beaver Dam Road with the
22 physical centerline of Ridge Road at 33 feet wide:
23 1. N 21 degrees 41 minutes 51 seconds E, 110.92 feet to a
24 point (PC Sta 11+10.92);
25 2. Along the arc of a circle curving to the right (radius =
26 300.00 feet)(chord = 189.98 feet), chord bearing = N 40 degrees
27 09 minutes 24 seconds E), an arc distance of 193.31 feet to a
28 point (PT Sta 13+04.22);
29 3. N 58 degrees 36 minutes 58 seconds E, 445.48 feet to a
30 point (PC Sta 17+49.70); and,
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1 4. Along the arc of a circle curving to the left (radius =
2 1,000.00 feet) (chord = 29.12 feet, chord bearing = N 57 degrees
3 46 minutes 55 seconds E), an arc of distance of 29.12 feet.
4 THENCE from the said point of beginning, along the said
5 Pennsylvania-Delaware state line, and along said division line,
6 along the arc of a circle curving to the left (radius =
7 63,360.00 feet) (chord = 33.44 feet, chord bearing = S 87
8 degrees 21 minutes 12 seconds W), an arc distance of 33.44 feet
9 to a point:
10 THENCE along the northwesterly, northerly and northeasterly
11 sides of Beaver Dam Road, passing through said lands now or
12 formerly of Woodlawn Trustees - Penna Inc., the eleven (11) new
13 following described courses and distances:
14 1. N 58 degrees 36 minutes 58 seconds E, 0.21 feet to a
15 point (PC Sta 17+49.70, 16.50 feet left);
16 2. Along the arc of a circle curving to the left (radius =
17 983.50 feet) (chord = 142.13 feet, chord bearing = N 54 degrees
18 28 minutes 21 seconds E), an arc distance of 142.25 feet to a
19 point (PT Sta 18+94.33, 16.50 feet left);
20 3. N 50 degrees 19 minutes 45 seconds E, 43.90 feet to a
21 point (PC Sta 19+38.23, 16.50 feet left);
22 4. Along the arc of a circle curving to the right (radius =
23 366.50 feet)(chord = 241.37 feet, chord bearing = N 69 degrees
24 33 minutes 17 seconds E), an arc distance of 245.96 feet to a
25 point (PT Sta 21+73.12, 16.50 feet left);
26 5. N 88 degrees 46 minutes 49 seconds E, 427.47 feet to a
27 point (PC Sta 26+00.59, 16.50 feet left);
28 6. Along the arc of a circle curving to the right (radius =
29 1,926.36 feet) (chord = 220.84 feet, chord bearing = S 87
30 degrees 56 minutes 01 seconds E), an arc distance of 220.96 feet
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1 to a point (PT Sta 28+19.66, 16.50 feet left);
2 7. S 84 degrees 38 minutes 51 seconds E, 76.28 feet to a
3 point (PC Sta 28+95.94, 16.50 feet left);
4 8. Along the arc of a circle curving to the right (radius =
5 516.50 feet)(chord = 143.13 feet, chord bearing = S 76 degrees
6 41 minutes 00 seconds E), an arc distance of 143.59 feet to a
7 point (PCC Sta 30+34.94, 16.50 feet left);
8 9. Along the arc of a circle curving to the right (radius =
9 1,519.34 feet)(chord = 164.75 feet, chord bearing = S 65 degrees
10 36 minutes 39 seconds E), an arc distance of 164.83 feet to a
11 point (PT Sta 31+97.98, 16.50 feet left);
12 10. S 62 degrees 30 minutes 10 seconds E, 80.01 feet to a
13 point (PC Sta 32+78.00, 16.50 feet left);
14 11. Along the arc of a circle curving to the left (radius =
15 283.50 feet) (chord = 0.20 feet, chord bearing = S 62 degrees 31
16 minutes 19 seconds E), an arc distance of 0.20 feet to a point
17 in another section of the aforesaid state line, said point being
18 in the division line between lands known as No. 810 Beaver
19 Valley Road now or formerly of Woodlawn Trustees Inc. (in
20 Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware)(Tax Parcel
21 Number 06-002.00-003), and said lands now or formerly of
22 Woodlawn Trustees - Penna Inc. (c/o Woodlawn Trustees Inc.);
23 THENCE by the same, along the arc of a circle curving to the
24 left (radius = 63,360.00 feet) (chord = 34.19 feet, chord
25 bearing = S 88 degrees 38 minutes 39 seconds W), an arc distance
26 of 34.19 feet to the point of intersection (POT Sta 32+48.25)
27 formed by the said physical centerline of Beaver Dam Road with
28 the aforesaid Pennsylvania - Delaware state line, said point
29 being further located along the said physical centerline of
30 Beaver Dam Road, the three (3) following described courses and
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1 distances from the point of intersection (POT Sta. 35+unknown)
2 formed by the said physical centerline of Beaver Dam Road with
3 the physical centerline of Beaver Valley Road at 33 feet wide:
4 1. N 75 degrees 06 minutes 14 seconds W, 226.15 feet to a
5 point (PT Sta 33+43.98);
6 2. Along the arc of a circle curving to the right (radius =
7 300.00 feet)(chord = 65.85 feet, chord bearing = N 68 degrees 48
8 minutes 12 seconds W), an arc distance of 65.98 feet to a point
9 (PC Sta 32+78.00; and,
10 3. N 62 degrees 30 minutes 10 seconds W, 29.75 feet;
11 THENCE continuing along the said state line and along the
12 last said division line, along the arc of a circle curving to
13 the left (radius = 63,360.00 feet) (chord = 34.16 feet, chord
14 bearing = S 88 degrees 36 minutes 48 seconds W), an arc distance
15 of 34.16 feet to a point;
16 THENCE along the southwesterly, southerly and southeasterly
17 sides of Beaver Dam Road, passing through said lands now or
18 formerly of Woodlawn Trustees, Inc. - Penna Inc., the nine (9)
19 new following described courses and distances:
20 1. N 62 degrees 30 minutes 10 seconds W, 20.35 feet to a
21 point (PT Sta 31+97.98, 16.50 feet right);
22 2. Along the arc of a circle curving to the left (radius =
23 1,486.34 feet)(chord = 161.17 feet, chord bearing = N 65 degrees
24 36 minutes 39 seconds W), an arc distance of 161.25 feet to a
25 point (PCC Sta 30+34.94, 16.50 feet right);
26 3. Along the arc of a circle curving to the left (radius =
27 483.50 feet)(chord = 133.99 feet, chord bearing = N 76 degrees
28 41 minutes 00 seconds W), an arc distance of 134.42 feet to a
29 point (PC Sta 28+95.94, 16.50 feet right);
30 4. N 84 degrees 38 minutes 51 seconds W, 76.28 feet to a
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1 point (PT Sta 28+19.66, 16.50 feet right);
2 5. Along the arc of a circle curving to the left (radius =
3 1,893.36 feet) (chord = 217.06 feet, chord bearing = N 87
4 degrees 56 minutes 01 seconds W), an arc distance of 217.18 feet
5 to a point (PC Sta 26+00.59, 16.50 feet right);
6 6. S 88 degrees 46 minutes 49 seconds W, 427.47 feet to a
7 point (PT Sta 21+73.12, 16.50 feet right);
8 7. Along the arc of a circle curving to the left (radius =
9 333.50 feet) (chord = 219.64 feet, chord bearing = S 69 degrees
10 33 minutes 17 seconds W), an arc distance of 223.81 feet to a
11 point (PC Sta 19+38.23, 16.50 feet right);
12 8. S 50 degrees 19 minutes 45 seconds W, 43.90 feet to a
13 point (PT Sta 18+94.33, 16.50 feet right);
14 9. Along the arc of a circle curving to the right (radius =
15 1,016.50 feet)(chord = 89.94 feet, chord bearing = S 52 degrees
16 51 minutes 53 seconds W), an arc distance of 89.97 feet to a
17 point in the first mentioned state line and first mentioned
18 division line;
19 THENCE by the same, along the arc of a circle curving to the
20 left (radius = 63,360.00 feet) (chord = 31.84 feet, chord
21 bearing = S 87 degrees 22 minutes 58 seconds W), an arc distance
22 of 31.84 feet to a point, the first mentioned point and place of
23 beginning.
24 CONTAINING within said described metes and bounds, 1.1134
25 acres of land (area of 33 feet wide road right of way lying
26 within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania), be the same more or
27 less.
28 The total linear feet of road lying within the Commonwealth
29 of Pennsylvania, measured along the physical centerline of road,
30 is 1,469.43 feet, be the same, more or less.
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1 SUBJECT HOWEVER, to any other right of way easement,
2 agreements, restriction of record.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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