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====Roads==== [[File:BenjaminFranklinBridgeAtNight2.jpg|thumb|The {{convert|9650|ft|m|adj=on|sp=us}} long [[Benjamin Franklin Bridge]] spans the [[Delaware River]], connecting Philadelphia and [[South Jersey]]]] [[File:2022-10-09 13 33 59 View east along Interstate 76 and U.S. Route 30 (Schuylkill Expressway) from the overpass for Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|The Schuylkill Expressway ([[Interstate 76 (Ohio–New Jersey)|I-76]]) eastbound at [[Interstate 676|I-676]] and [[U.S. Route 30|US 30]], also known as the Vine Street Expressway, in [[Center City, Philadelphia|Center City]]]] [[William Penn]] planned Philadelphia with [[Numbered street#Philadelphia|numbered streets]] traversing north and south, and streets named for trees, including [[Chestnut Street (Philadelphia)|Chestnut]], [[Walnut Street (Philadelphia)|Walnut]], and Mulberry (since renamed [[Arch Street (Philadelphia)|Arch]] Streets, traversing east and west. The two main streets were named [[Broad Street (Philadelphia)|Broad Street]], the north–south [[Arterial road|artery]], later designated [[Pennsylvania Route 611]], and High Street, the east–west artery, which was later renamed [[Market Street (Philadelphia)|Market Street]], converging at Centre Square which later became the site of [[Philadelphia City Hall|City Hall]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://xroads.virginia.edu/~cap/penn/pnplan.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970430105836/http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/PENN/pnplan.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 30, 1997 |title=William Penn Plans the City |website=virginia.edu |publisher=The University of Virginia |access-date=January 29, 2018 }}</ref> [[Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania|Interstate 95]], also known as the Delaware Expressway, traverses the southern and eastern edges of the city along the [[Delaware River]] as the main north–south [[controlled-access highway]], and connects Philadelphia with [[Newark, New Jersey]] and New York City to the north and [[Baltimore]] and Washington, D.C. to the south. The city is served by [[Interstate 76 (Ohio–New Jersey)|Interstate 76]], also known as the Schuylkill Expressway, which runs along the [[Schuylkill River]], intersecting the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]] at [[King of Prussia, Pennsylvania|King of Prussia]] and providing access to [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]] and points west. [[Interstate 676]], also known as Vine Street Expressway, links I-95 and I-76 through Center City, running below street level between the eastbound and westbound lanes of [[Vine Street (Philadelphia)|Vine Street]]. Entrance and exit ramps for the [[Benjamin Franklin Bridge]] are near the eastern end of the expressway just west of the I-95 interchange.<ref name=osm>[https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=40.009376&mlon=-75.133346&zoom=12#map=11/40.0297/-75.1527 "OpenStreetMap"]. ''openstreetmap.org''. Retrieved January 29, 2018.</ref> [[Roosevelt Boulevard (Philadelphia)|Roosevelt Boulevard and Expressway]], also known as [[U.S. Route 1 in Pennsylvania|U.S. 1]], connects [[Northeast Philadelphia]] with Center City via I-76 through [[Fairmount Park]]. Woodhaven Road, also known as [[Pennsylvania Route 63|Route 63]], and Cottman Avenue, also known as [[Pennsylvania Route 73|Route 73]], serve the neighborhoods of Northeast Philadelphia, running between I-95 and the Roosevelt Boulevard. Fort Washington Expressway, also known as [[Pennsylvania Route 309|Route 309]], extends north from the city's northern border, serving [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Montgomery]] and [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Bucks]] Counties. [[U.S. Route 30 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 30]], also known as [[Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike|Lancaster Avenue]], extends west from [[West Philadelphia]] to [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]].<ref name=osm/> [[Interstate 476]], locally called the Blue Route,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.476blueroute.com/history.htm |title=History of the Blue Route |access-date=January 30, 2018 |work=I-476 Improvement Project |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Transportation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219184651/http://www.476blueroute.com/history.htm |archive-date=February 19, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> traverses [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Delaware County]], bypassing the city to the west and serving the city's western suburbs, providing a direct route to [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], the [[Pocono Mountains|Poconos]], and points north. [[Interstate 276]], the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]]'s [[Pennsylvania Turnpike#Delaware River extension|Delaware River extension]], is a bypass and commuter route north of the city, which links to the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] and New York City.<ref name=osm/> [[Delaware River Port Authority]] operates four bridges in the Philadelphia area, each of which cross the Delaware River to [[South Jersey]]: [[Walt Whitman Bridge]] (I-76), the [[Benjamin Franklin Bridge]] (I-676 and U.S. 30), [[Betsy Ross Bridge]] ([[New Jersey Route 90]]), and [[Commodore Barry Bridge]] ([[U.S. Route 322|U.S. 322]] in Delaware County, south of the city.<ref>[http://www.drpa.org/ "Delaware River Port Authority: Our Bridges"]. ''drpa.org''. Delaware River Port Authority. Retrieved January 29, 2018.</ref> The [[Burlington County Bridge Commission]] maintains two additional bridges that cross the Delaware River. [[Tacony–Palmyra Bridge]] connects [[Pennsylvania Route 73|PA Route 73]] in the [[Tacony, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Tacony]] section of Northeast Philadelphia with [[New Jersey Route 73]] in [[Palmyra, New Jersey|Palmyra]] in [[Burlington County, New Jersey|Burlington County]]. [[Burlington–Bristol Bridge]] connects [[New Jersey Route 413|NJ Route 413]]/[[U.S. Route 130]] in [[Burlington, New Jersey]] with [[Pennsylvania Route 413|PA Route 413]]/[[U.S. Route 13 in Pennsylvania|U.S. 13]] in [[Bristol Township, Pennsylvania|Bristol Township]], north of Philadelphia.<ref>[http://www.bcbridges.org/ "Burlington County Bridge Commission: About Our Bridges"]. ''bcbridges.org''. Burlington County Bridge Commission. Retrieved January 29, 2018.</ref>
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