Route
Market Street runs from Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania to Front Street in Center City, Philadelphia. At Front Street, a bridge over Interstate 95 brings traffic from Penn's Landing, on the western bank of the Delaware River, onto westbound Market Street. Market Street runs one way, eastbound, between 20th Street and 15th Street, with westbound traffic diverted onto JFK Boulevard.
Market Street is interrupted between 15th Street and Juniper Street with Philadelphia City Hall sitting on the block where Market Street's intersection with Broad Street would be. A pedestrian-only path continues Market Street across the City Hall block. Between 12th Street and roughly 20th Street, Market Street is heavily commercial, with office skyscrapers rising on both sides.
The street continues westward, crossing over the Schuylkill River via the Market Street Bridge, into and through University City and West Philadelphia. Market Street terminates at 69th Street in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, where PA Route 3 continues onto West Chester Pike throughout the Delaware County and Chester County suburban areas. It is interesting to note that eastbound PA Route 3 is also known as Market Street in downtown West Chester.
The Market-Frankford Line runs along Market Street, as a subway east of 44th Street and as an elevated line above Market Street, west of there.
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