From this intersection, the route heads east as two-lane undivided St. Lawrence Avenue, passing through business areas and crossing Antietam Creek.

PA 562 leaves St. Lawrence for Exeter Township and becomes Boyertown Pike, passing through the residential community of Jacksonwald.

The road continues into a mix of farmland and woodland with some homes, curving southeast as it comes to the community of Stonersville.

The road becomes Reading Avenue and continues through rural areas, passing through the community of Greshville.

The route heads northeast into Colebrookdale Township and intersects Farmington Avenue as it passes through the residential community of Morysville.

PA 562 enters the borough of Boyertown and crosses Ironstone Creek as it continues past homes and some businesses on South Reading Avenue before it reaches its eastern terminus at PA 73 in the commercial downtown.

A dedication ceremony was held with State Representative David Maloney in attendance.