U.S. Route 13 in Pennsylvania - Route Description - Philadelphia

Philadelphia

U.S. Route 13 enters the West Philadelphia section of the city on Baltimore Avenue. Along the way, SEPTA Route 34 of the Subway–Surface Trolley Lines runs on US 13 from the Angora Loop at 61st Street to the 40th Street Portal. The route continues east through West Philadelphia towards University City. It then turns north from Baltimore Avenue on 38th Street near the University of Pennsylvania campus. U.S. Route 13 crosses Pennsylvania Route 3, which intersects US 13 along a one-way pair, with the westbound routing following US 13 southbound between Market Street and Walnut Street and the eastbound routing crossing US 13 on Chestnut Street.

U.S. Route 13 turns east onto two-way Powelton Avenue. Powelton Avenue carries U.S. Route 13 across Lancaster Avenue into the Mantua section of the city. Here, U.S. Route 13 splits onto 33rd Street northbound and 34th Street southbound. It follows this one-way pair up to the crossing of the Northeast Corridor, where it heads two-way on 34th Street. 34th Street runs between the Philadelphia Zoo to the west and the Schuylkill Expressway (Interstate 76) to the east.

U.S. Route 13 then meets Girard Avenue, which at this point carries U.S. Route 30. It turns east onto Girard Avenue, where U.S. Route 30 turns east onto the Schuylkill Expressway. U.S. Route 13 crosses the Schuylkill Expressway and then the Schuylkill River.

Across the Schuylkill River, U.S. Route 13 turns north on 33rd Street. It forms the eastern boundary of Fairmount Park and then merges onto Ridge Avenue. It then heads northeast onto Hunting Park Avenue into the North Philadelphia section of the city. Hunting Park Avenue splits to the east and U.S. Route 13 becomes Roosevelt Boulevard, crossing Broad Street (Pennsylvania Route 611). It then merges onto U.S. 1, continuing along Roosevelt Boulevard.

U.S. Route 13, along with US 1, continues east on the wide, multi-lane Roosevelt Boulevard into Northeast Philadelphia. It passes underneath the Oxford Circle, a traffic circle where Oxford Avenue, Cheltenham Avenue, and Castor Avenue meet. This circle marks the southern terminus of Pennsylvania Route 232, which heads north on Oxford Avenue. U.S. Route 13 splits from the Roosevelt Boulevard by heading southeast on the one-way pair of Robbins Street northbound and Levick Street southbound. It follows this one-way pair to Frankford Avenue, which it turns onto, heading northeast. Robbins and Levick Streets continue southeast toward the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge.

Frankford Avenue carries U.S. Route 13 northeastward. It intersects Cottman Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 73) and then crosses the Pennypack Creek. Frankford Avenue then intersects Academy Road before crossing the Poquessing Creek into Bucks County.