Manayunk Expressway
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The Manayunk Expressway (or alternatively the Manayunk Parkway) was a proposed parkway that was to run along the east bank of the Schuylkill River similar to the Moses parkways of New York City, first proposed in 1932 by the Regional Planning Federation (predecessor to the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission). It was originally designed to connect Fairmount Park in Philadelphia with Norristown. The purpose was to have served as an alternate route to the Schuylkill Expressway and Germantown Pike that by 1960 had become congested.
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Manayunk Expressway | |
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Route information | |
Length | 16 mi (26 km) |
Existed | 1962–1970s (never built) |
Major junctions | |
West end | I-276 / I-476 / Penna Turnpike in Plymouth Meeting |
Major intersections | Ten Mile Loop Expressway near Conshohocken
US 1 in Philadelphia |
East end | I-76 / I-695 in Philadelphia |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
Highway system | |
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