Roosevelt Boulevard (Philadelphia)
Street in Pennsylvania, United States of America / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Roosevelt Boulevard (Philadelphia)?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Roosevelt Boulevard, officially named the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Boulevard and often referred to, chiefly by local Philadelphians, simply as "the Boulevard,"[2] is a major traffic artery through North and Northeast Philadelphia. The road begins at Interstate 76 (Schuylkill Expressway) in Fairmount Park, running as a freeway also known as the Roosevelt Boulevard Extension or the Roosevelt Expressway through North Philadelphia, then transitioning into a twelve-lane boulevard that forms the spine of Northeast Philadelphia to its end at the city line.
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Boulevard | |
Route information | |
Maintained by PennDOT and City of Philadelphia | |
Length | 14.9 mi[1] (24.0 km) |
Component highways | US 1 for its entire length US 13 from Hunting Park to Mayfair PA 63 in Somerton |
Major junctions | |
South end | I-76 / US 1 in West Fairmount Park |
Major intersections | |
North end | US 1 in Trevose |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
Counties | Philadelphia |
Highway system | |
Historically, Roosevelt Boulevard is a part of the Lincoln Highway, the first road across America, which ran for 3,389 miles (5,454 km) from Times Square in New York City to Lincoln Park on the Pacific Ocean in San Francisco, California.
Today, Roosevelt Boulevard is designated as US 1. Portions are concurrent with US 13 (between Hunting Park Avenue and Robbins Street) and Pennsylvania Route 63 (between Red Lion and Woodhaven Roads).
The road is notorious for two intersections which have been designated the second and third most dangerous intersections in the country by State Farm Insurance, at Red Lion Road and Grant Avenue respectively.[3] The dangerous reputation of the road led to installation of the first red light cameras in Philadelphia in 2004. The road has been the scene of numerous pedestrian casualties and studies are underway to allow pedestrian traffic to be separated from vehicular traffic.[4]