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Penn ordered the first bridge built across the creek along the King's Highway (now Frankford Avenue) in 1697; the bridge still stands. Despite the lack of navigability beyond the Fall Line (near the Frankford Avenue bridge), several early settlers built mills along the Pennypack, including Penn's "Pemmapecka Mill," built in 1701. [ 3 ]
[7] [12] The Frankford and Bristol Turnpike was completed in July 1812. [11] [12] The Frankford and Bristol Turnpike was sold to the city of Philadelphia on July 1, 1892, with trolley service introduced in 1895. [13] The trolley line along Frankford Avenue was replaced with trolleybuses in 1955, which is today the SEPTA Route 66 service. [14] [15]
Frankford Ave. Bridge looking North. Historical Marker. In 1803, the bridge was paved with macadam, and at its south end a toll booth was erected, remaining in operation until 1892 when the turnpike was purchased by the city of Philadelphia. The bridge was widened in 1893 to accommodate streetcars, which commenced service in 1895, and again in ...
Pennsylvania Route 73 (PA 73) is a 62.32-mile (100.29 km) long east–west state highway in southeastern Pennsylvania.It runs from PA 61 near Leesport southeast to the New Jersey state line on the Tacony–Palmyra Bridge over the Delaware River in Philadelphia, where the road continues south as New Jersey Route 73.
In 1803 Holmesburg got its own toll-house and toll-gate, to cover maintenance. In 1834, the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad opened. By 1862, a station was established at Delaware Avenue (now Rhawn Street). In 1863, the Frankford and Holmesburg Railroad was incorporated to build a line from Frankford to Holmesburg. State Road was opened in 1870.
Besides being the depot and terminus for many bus routes, it is the eastern terminus of the Market-Frankford Line (MFL) (also called the Market-Frankford Subway-Elevated Line (MFSE), Market-Frankford El (MFE), Market-Frankford (MF) the El, or the Blue Line), a subway-elevated rapid transit line in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, run by SEPTA, which begins at 69th Street Transportation Center just ...
Beginning Sunday, Jan. 7 at midnight, Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls will increase five percent for Toll by Plate and E-ZPass customers. How much higher tolls will you be paying in 2024 to use the PA ...
U.S. Route 206 (US 206) is a 130.2-mile-long (209.5 km) north–south U.S. highway in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, United States.Only about a 1 ⁄ 2 mile (0.80 km) of its length is in Pennsylvania; the Milford–Montague Toll Bridge carries it over the Delaware River into New Jersey, where it connects to the remainder of the route.