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US 1:
Summary:
Detailed Description:
Pennsylvania's US 1 runs roughly parallel with I-95 from Morrisville to Center City. Then US 1 turns southwest and follows travels through Delaware and Chester counties. US 1 continues into Maryland where it is a super-2 expressway at the state line. US 1 has many freeway segments through its length in Pennsylvania, as well as some expressway, arterial, and boulevard segments. The dying legendary coast-to-coast Lincoln Highway also runs along mostly US 1 BUSINESS (with some segments along the current alignment of US 1) from Morrisville to Center City. There, the Lincoln Highway
permanently turns west along US 30. Another interesting fact about US 1 in Pennsylvania is that it runs through the town of Wawa, where Wawa convenience stores began!
Junction Log (Southbound):
| Junction |
Type of Access |
Highway Type at Junction |
Location |
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Pennsylvania Avenue |
Cloverleaf interchange |
Freeway |
Morrisville |
|
Bridge St / PA 32 |
Y-interchange to the north |
Freeway |
Morrisville |
|
US 13 |
Cloverleaf interchange |
Freeway |
Morrisville |
|
Oxford Valley Road |
Diamond interchange |
Freeway |
Fairless Hills |
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I-95 |
Cloverleaf interchange |
Freeway |
Fairless Hills |
|
Maple Avenue |
Partial cloverleaf interchange |
Freeway |
Fairless Hills |
|
Rock Hill Drive |
Partial cloverleaf interchange |
Freeway |
Trevose |
|
I-276 / PA Turnpike |
Interchange |
Freeway |
Trevose |
|
PA 132 |
Interchange |
Freeway to Arterial |
Trevose |
|
US 1 leaves Bucks County and enters Philadelphia. At the county line, US 1 transitions from an arterial (with driveways) to an expressway (without driveways). The expressway is called Roosevelt Boulevard and has
six express lanes and
six local lanes. Driveways are found on the local lanes only, but both sets have at-grade intersections.
The highway is well
known as one of the most
dangerous highways in
the Philadelphia area. |
|
Woodhaven Road / PA 63 |
Cloverleaf interchange |
Expressway |
Northeast Philadelphia |
|
US 13 North |
Traffic signal |
Expressway |
North Philadelphia |
|
US 13 cosigns with US 1. |
|
US 13 South |
Y-interchange |
Expressway to Freeway |
North Philadelphia |
|
Broad Street / PA 611 |
1/2 diamond on the west side; East side uses US 13’s y-interchange |
Freeway |
North Philadelphia |
|
Schukyll Expressway / I-76 |
Interchange |
Freeway |
West Philadelphia |
|
US 1 cosigns with I-76 |
|
I-76 continues straight as US 1 exits off as City Ave, as a boulevard. US 1 flirts on the border with Montgomery County but ends up in Delaware County, out of Philadelphia. |
|
Lancaster Ave / US 30 |
Traffic signal |
Boulevard |
West Philadelphia |
|
W Chester Pike / PA 3 |
Traffic signal |
Boulevard |
Havertown |
|
PA 320 |
Diamond interchange |
Boulevard |
Media |
|
I-476 / Blue Route |
Volleyball interchange |
Boulevard to Freeway |
Media |
|
US 322 East / Conchester Highway |
Traffic signal |
Arterial |
Concordville |
|
US 322 cosigns with US 1. |
|
Wilmington Pike / US 202 / US 322 West |
Traffic signal |
Arterial |
Concordville |
|
Enter Chester County, Leave Delaware County |
|
US 1 Freeway begins a few miles afterwards. Old Baltimore Pike, the now-dead US 1 BUSINESS runs parallel with the freeway to the MD line. |
|
PA 796 |
Diamond interchagne |
Freeway |
Jennersville |
|
PA 896 / Newark Road |
Diamond interchange |
Freeway |
Forestville |
|
PA 472 |
Diamond interchange |
Freeway |
Oxford |
|
PA 272 |
Partial cloverleaf interchange |
Freeway to Expressway |
Nottingham |
|
US 1 becomes a 4-lane divided expressway shortly before the Maryland border. Upon entering Cecil County, Maryland, it becomes a super-2 expressway. This configuration exists until the junction with MD 273, where US 1 becomes a standard 2-lane road. |
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Page by Lou Corsaro.

Last Updated: 12/1/05
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