U.S. Route 1 in Pennsylvania

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U.S. Route 1
Maintained by PennDOT & DRJTBC
Length:	81 mi[1] (130 km)
South end:	US 1 at Maryland state line
Major junctions:	I-476 near Lima I-76 in Philadelphia US 13 in Philadelphia I-276/PA Tpk near Philadelphia
North end:	US 1 at New Jersey state line
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U.S. Route 1 is a major north-south U.S. Highway, extending from the Florida Keys in the south to the Canadian border in the north. In the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, US 1 runs for 81 miles from the Maryland state line near Oxford to the New Jersey state line near Trenton.

[edit] Route description

[edit] Maryland to Interstate 476

US 1 enters Pennsylvania in southwest Chester County. At the border it becomes the John H. Ware III Memorial Highway (formerly Kennett-Oxford Bypass) and widens to a 4 lane divided highway. A mile into Pennsylvania, the Ware Highway diverts north of Baltimore Pike (former routing of US 1) and becomes a 4 lane limited access highway. At Kennett Square it rejoins Baltimore Pike and becomes a 4 lane divided highway. It then passes by Longwood Gardens, a year-round botanical garden, at the PA 52 North junction and Brandywine Battlefield, near where PA 52 splits off southward toward Wilmington, Delaware before intersecting with U.S. Highway 202 in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania (at an intersection commonly known as "Painter's Crossing"). The road winds through Chadds Ford and Wawa, Pennsylvania, wherein it provides an address to the Wawa Dairy Farms, which went on to create Wawa Food Markets, one of the most successful local convenience store chains in the United States. Before arriving in Media, Pennsylvania, it exits from the Baltimore Pike and curves northeastward to become the "Media Bypass," a freeway that runs to the north of busy downtown Media. Baltimore Pike, meanwhile, becomes a local road, running parallel to, and south of, Route 1 through Media and Springfield, Pennsylvania before terminating in West Philadelphia as Route 13 near the University of Pennsylvania.

[edit] Interstate 476 to Roosevelt Boulevard

September 1920 photograph near the intersection of Broad Street and Northeast Boulevard in Philadelphia

After providing drivers access to Interstate 476 by means of a three-level diamond interchange (this interchange is one of the busiest on I-476), the route becomes a local road again, first dubbed "State Road", then turns and becomes "Township Line Road" (after splitting with State Road), as it continues north through towns such as Springfield, Drexel Hill, and Upper Darby. For a long time, this portion of Route 1 was the only place in all of Delaware County, Pennsylvania containing a Subway restaurant.

After intersecting PA Route 3 (West Chester Pike) in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, not too far from the SEPTA transit system's 69th Street Terminal, Route 1 drops the "Township Line Road" moniker at Cobbs Creek, which separates Philadelphia and Delaware counties. It is now "City Avenue" (locally known as "City Line Avenue") and acts as a border between the city of Philadelphia and the suburbs of Montgomery County. Saint Joseph's University makes its home on this particular stretch of the route, as do Philadelphia television stations WPVI-TV and WCAU-TV, whose studios happen to be on opposite sides of the roadway. Many of the city's radio stations are located just off City Avenue, mainly in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. As City Avenue, Route 1 intersects US 30 at the southwest corner of the St. Charles Borromeo Seminary grounds, before reaching St. Joe's, the two television stations, and the Schuylkill River.

[edit] Roosevelt Boulevard to New Jersey

Main article: Roosevelt Boulevard (Philadelphia)

Roosevelt Boulevard (US 1) at Rhawn Street in Northeast Philadelphia

At the Schuylkill, US 1 interchanges (and is even a temporary part of) Interstate 76 (the Schuylkill Expressway portion). This, too, is one of the busiest interchanges in the region, witnessing traffic backups in all directions during morning and afternoon rush hours. Now completely within the Philadelphia city limits, it becomes the Roosevelt Expressway upon crossing over the Schuylkill River.

At the end of the expressway, US 1 returns to grade level and becomes Roosevelt Boulevard. This portion of Route 1 is the proverbial lifeline of those wishing to access Northeast Philadelphia and regularly sees traffic tie-ups at all of its major intersections. The Roosevelt Boulevard portion of Route 1 is separated into two sections in each direction (a superhighway "inner drive" portion and a local road "outer drive" portion) and is home to the intersections of Northeast Philadelphia streets Red Lion Road and Grant Avenue, two of the top three most dangerous intersections in the United States. Riders will also pass by the large outdoor Roosevelt Mall and the Northeast Philadelphia Airport before Route 1 junctions with the Pennsylvania Turnpike (at the toll road's "Philadelphia" interchange) just across the Philadelphia/Bucks county line.

US 1 freeway northbound in Langhorne, Bucks County.

In Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Route 1 becomes Lincoln Highway, an accident-prone freeway that ferries motorists to and from southeastern Bucks County towns such as Bensalem and Langhorne. The latter suburb is home to suburban Philadelphia landmarks Oxford Valley Mall and the Sesame Place amusement park, based on characters from PBS' Sesame Street program. Crossing Interstate 95, it proceeds through Morrisville, Pennsylvania before crossing the Delaware River on the Trenton-Morrisville Toll Bridge into Trenton, New Jersey.

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[2]	Destinations	Notes
Maryland state line
South end of expressway section
Chester	Nottingham	2.07	PA 272 (Christine Road) – Nottingham
	Oxford	5.06	PA 472 (Lancaster Avenue) – Oxford, Quarryville
		7.10	PA 10 (Limestone Road) – Oxford, Quarryville
	Penn Township	10.01	PA 896 (Newark Road) – Russellville, New London
	West Grove	12.46	PA 796 (Jennersville Road) – Jennersville
		14.99	PA 841 (Chatham Road) – West Grove
	Avondale	16.30	PA 41 (Gap Newport Pike) – Avondale, Chatham
	Toughkenamon	18.32	Toughkenamon, London Grove
	Kennett Square	21.13	PA 82 – Kennett Square, Unionville
	North end of expressway section
	Kennett Township	23.87	PA 52 north (Lenape Road)	South end of PA 52 overlap
		24.54	PA 52 south (Kennett Pike)	North end of PA 52 overlap
Delaware	Painters Crossroads	30.61	US 202 / US 322 west (Wilmington Pike)	South end of US 322 overlap
	Concordville	31.62	US 322 east (Conchester Highway)	North end of US 322 overlap
	Middletown Township	36.94	PA 452 (Pennell Road)
		37.76	PA 352 (Middletown Road)	Interchange
		South end of expressway section
	Upper Providence Township	40.17	PA 252 (North Providence Road) – Media, Newtown Square
		41.12	State Road	Southbound exit, northbound entrance
	Marple Township	41.65	I-476 (Blue Route) – Chester, Plymouth Meeting	Three-level diamond interchange
		North end of expressway section
	Springfield	42.40	PA 320 (Sproul Road)	Interchange
	Haverford-Upper Darby Township	46.24	PA 3 (West Chester Pike)
Montgomery-Philadelphia	Wynnewood-Philadelphia	47.80	Haverford Road/Haverford Avenue
		48.79	US 30 (Lancaster Avenue)
	Bala Cynwyd-Philadelphia	50.50	PA 23 west (Conshohocken State Road/Conshohocken Avenue)
		51.55	I-76 (Schuylkill Expressway)	Interchange. South end of I-76 overlap
		South end of expressway section
Philadelphia	Northeast Philadelphia	52.31	I-76 (Schuylkill Expressway) – Valley Forge, Central Philadelphia	North end of I-76 overlap
		52.86	Ridge Avenue/Kelly Drive	Southbound exit
		53.33	Fox Street/Henry Avenue
		53.53	Wissahickon Avenue south - Hunting Park Avenue	Northbound exit
		54.01	Wissahickon Avenue north - Germantown Avenue
		54.80	PA 611 (Broad Street)
		North end of expressway section
		55.32	US 13 south (Hunting Park Avenue)	South end of US 13 overlap
		58.87	PA 232 north (Oxford Avenue)	Interchange (Oxford Circle)
		59.65	US 13 north (Robbins Street)	northbound one-way pair
		59.71	US 13 south (Levick Street)	southbound one-way pair North end of US 13 overlap
		60.79	PA 73 (Cottman Avenue)
		63.14	PA 532 north (Welsh Road)
		64.88	PA 63 west (Red Lion Road)	South end of PA 63 overlap
		66.23	PA 63 east (Woodhaven Road)	Interchange. North end of PA 63 overlap
South end of expressway section
Bucks	Trevose	68.33	PA 132 (Street Road)
		68.59	I-276 / PA Turnpike – Valley Forge, New Jersey
		69.15	Neshaminy
	Middletown Township	69.81	US 1 Bus. north – Penndel	Northbound exit, southbound entrance
	Langhorne Manor	70.60	Langhorne Manor	Northbound exit
	Langhorne	72.39	To PA 413 (Bellevue Avenue)
		73.18	PA 213 (Maple Avenue)
	Middletown Township	74.84	I-95 south – Central Philadelphia
		75.10	I-95 north - Trenton
		75.75	Oxford Valley Road, Sesame Place
	Falls Township	78.60	US 1 Bus. south (Tyburn Road/Trenton Avenue)	Only signed as Tyburn Road/Trenton Avenue northbound
		78.92	US 13 south – Bristol
		79.23	Pine Grove Road north	Southbound exit
	Morrisville	79.53	PA 32 north (Bridge Street)	Former US 1 Bus.
		80.73	Pennsylvania Avenue - Morrisville	Separate north/south exits southbound
Trenton-Morrisville Toll Bridge over the Delaware River

[edit] References

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