 In 1946, PA 652 was transferred to the control of the local suburbs along its entire length, and control of the roads went to local highway departments.The portion of the route between Guthrie Road and PA 23 returned to state control in 1967 when PA 363 was routed onto North Gulph Road.The current alignment of PA 652 was classified as a state highway as early as 1920, nine years after the Sproul Road Bill was passed by the Pennsylvania State Legislature.