![]() 21st and Chestnut in Center City | |
Maintained by | PennDOT and City of Philadelphia |
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Length | 5.6 mi (9.0 km)[1] |
Component highways | SR 3008 from Front Street to City Hall![]() |
Location | Center City, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
West end | ![]() |
Major junctions | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
East end | Front Street in Penn's Landing |
North | Market Street |
South | Walnut Street |
Construction | |
Commissioned | 1682 |
Chestnut Street is a major historic street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was originally named Wynne Street because Thomas Wynne's home was there. William Penn renamed it Chestnut Street in 1684. It runs east–west from the Delaware River waterfront in downtown Philadelphia through Center City and West Philadelphia. The road crosses the Schuylkill River on the Chestnut Street Bridge. It serves as eastbound Pennsylvania Route 3 between 63rd and 33rd Streets.
Stratton's Tavern was located on Chestnut Street near Sixth Street. When the citizens of Philadelphia were afraid that the British might attack the essentially unmanned Fort Mifflin, the secretary of the Young Men's Democratic Society called a meeting held at Stratton's Tavern at Chestnut and Sixth Streets on March 20, 1813. The young men agreed to volunteer their services to defend the fort.[2]
From east to west:
The entire street is in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County.
Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Cobbs Creek | 0.0 | 0.0 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of concurrency with PA 3 | |
University City | 2.6 | 4.2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
3.1 | 5.0 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of concurrency with PA 3 | ||
3.5 | 5.6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Access via Schuylkill Avenue; exit 345 on I-76 | ||
Schuylkill River | 3.5– 3.7 | 5.6– 6.0 | Chestnut Street Bridge | ||
Center City | 4.5 | 7.2 | ![]() | ||
Penn's Landing | 5.6 | 9.0 | Front Street | To I-95 south | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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