 The bypass continues east, interchanging with a pair of local streets before returning to grade level as PA 12 passes out of the Reading city limits.PA 12 continues eastward as a local road towards Pennsylvania Route 662 in the Ruscombmanor Township community of Pricetown.The first section of the bypass was a section from U.S. Route 422 to the 5th Street Highway designated as U.S. Route 222.