Schuylkill Expressway begins at the Valley Forge interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in the community of King of Prussia in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County.
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12 Facts About Schuylkill Expressway
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The Schuylkill Expressway passes over Norfolk Southern's Harrisburg Line and runs southeast between the West Laurel Hill Cemetery to the southwest and an industrial area to the northeast that is sandwiched between the railroad tracks and the river.
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Past the City Avenue interchange, I-76 enters the city of Philadelphia and becomes concurrent with US 1, with the Schuylkill Expressway widening to eight lanes and running between the West Falls Yard on Norfolk Southern's Harrisburg Line and the river to the north and wooded areas of Fairmount Park to the south.
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US 1 splits from I-76 by heading northeast on the Roosevelt Expressway, while I-76 continues south on the Schuylkill Expressway, heading through Fairmount Park and running parallel to CSX's Trenton Subdivision railroad line, Martin Luther King Jr.
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The Schuylkill Expressway comes to an eastbound exit and westbound entrance with Spring Garden Street, which heads east across the Schuylkill River towards the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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The Schuylkill Expressway passes under the Schuylkill Arsenal Railroad Bridge that carries CSX's Harrisburg Subdivision across the river before coming to an eastbound exit and westbound entrance providing access to University Avenue.
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The Schuylkill Expressway comes to an interchange with Passyunk Avenue and Oregon Avenue that has an eastbound exit and westbound entrance to 26th Street that provides access to PA 291 and the Philadelphia International Airport.
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The Schuylkill Expressway continues east near urban residential neighborhoods and reaches an interchange with PA 611 .
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Plans for a limited-access highway along the west bank of the Schuylkill Expressway River originated in 1932, as part of a proposed cars-only parkway system for the Philadelphia area similar to the contemporary system being built in New York City.
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Schuylkill Expressway was initially designated as PA 43 and was cosigned with I-80S between King of Prussia and Center City Philadelphia and I-680 between Center City Philadelphia and the Walt Whitman Bridge when the Interstate Highway System was designated in 1956.
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Immediately after its completion, operational studies performed on the Schuylkill Expressway found that the route would be unable to cope with the area's growing traffic demands, due to the many substandard design elements and compromises incorporated to cope with the rugged, difficult routing of the road.
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In 1962, plans were announced for a parallel expressway along the east bank of the Schuylkill known as the Manayunk Expressway; however, these plans were quickly withdrawn due to substantial opposition.
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