 In 1949 , plans were made to build a four @-@ lane bridge across Tulpehocken Creek at Warren Street . As part of this plan , Warren Street was to be widened from the proposed bridge to Schuylkill Avenue . This widened Warren Street was envisioned to become part of a bypass route of Reading . The bridge and widening were approved with the provision that Warren Street only be widened as far as Schuylkill Avenue as not to build a bypass route through a residential area . Construction on the bridge and the Warren Street Bypass between US 422 ( Harrisburg Pike , now Penn Avenue ) and PA 83 ( now PA 183 , Schuylkill Avenue ) began in 1950 . In 1953 , the Park Avenue Extension ( now a part of the Warren Street Bypass along US 222 / US 422 ) and the Warren Street Bypass from US 422 in Wyomissing to Tulpehocken Creek , along with the Tulpehocken Creek bridge , was finished , with a continuation of the Warren Street Bypass northeast from PA 83 to US 222 ( Allentown Pike , now 5th Street Highway ) proposed . Construction on the extension of the Warren Street Bypass to US 222 began in 1956 with the process of widening of the existing Warren Street . The PA 83 bridge over the bypass was built in 1957 . In 1959 , the Warren Street Bypass extension to US 222 was opened to traffic with the portion of Warren Street between Tulpehocken Creek and PA 83 widened to four lanes . The Warren Street Bypass included an interchange with the under @-@ construction Reading Bypass ( now US 422 , West Shore Bypass ) southwest of Tulpehocken Creek when it opened in 1959 . 
