Philadelphia northeast expressway
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Follow directions from I Learning Commons. Eating Area. Art Room. Bio Lab. It carries millions of drivers every day and is arguably the backbone of Northeast Philadelphia.
The origins of the Boulevard date back to when Mayor Samuel H. Ashbridge proposed the construction of a road to connect central Philadelphia to the communities in the northeastern reaches of the city. At this time, most of the Northeast was rural farmland communities connected by a loose network of dirt roads. Ashbridge had to convince a reluctant Common Council the predecessor of City Council that the Boulevard was worth the cost of construction, arguing that it would open the Northeast to greater expansion and development which would be beneficial to the whole city.
In the initial planning stages, the boulevard was to be called the Torresdale Boulevard. At its completion, however, it was renamed the Northeast Boulevard. In , the Boulevard became a part of the first Federal interstate highway system, designated as US Route 1.
The extension of the Boulevard continued over the next decades into the Far Northeast until it reached its current end point just across the border of Bucks County in the late s. Overheads for Exit B formerly displayed Civic Center. Interstate 76 maintains six overall lanes between Passyunk Avenue and Exit B. Interstate 76 elevates along a viaduct from S 34th Street to the bridge spanning the Schuylkill River.
Interstate 76 straddles the west banks of the Schuylkill River leading toward Downtown Philadelphia. A wye interchange adds traffic to westbound Interstate 76 from University Avneue just ahead of South Street.
Exit A comprises an older style single point interchange. Left Exit A departs I west. Completed in , the South Street Bridge replaced a double leaf bascule bridge over the Schuylkill River.
Kennedy Boulevard. A weaving traffic pattern ensues north from the left side on-ramp from South Street to the lane drop at Exit for 30th Street.
Exit ascends from I west to Chestnut Street, one block east of 30th Street. Interstate 76 westbound emerges from below 30th Street Station at Arch Street and the gore point for Exit The succeeding exit is for Girard Avenue U. Exit curves over the Schuylkill Expressway to adjacent U.