Chestnut Street (Philadelphia)

Not to be confused with Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia.

Chestnut Street

21st and Chestnut in Center City
Maintained by	PennDOT and City of Philadelphia
Length	5.6 mi (9.0 km)[1]
Component highways	SR 3008 from Front Street to City Hall PA 3 eastbound between 63rd and 33rd Streets in Philadelphia
Location	Center City, Pennsylvania, U.S.
West end	PA 3 in Cobbs Creek
Major junctions	US 13 in University City I-76 in University City PA 611 (Broad Street) in Center City
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]

Points of interest

From east to west:

• United States Custom House
• National Liberty Museum
• Carpenters' Hall
• First National Bank (now part of the Science History Institute)
• Old City Hall
• Second Bank of the United States
• Independence Hall
• Liberty Bell
• Former Gimbel's department store 1927 addition, Chestnut & 9th Streets, northeast corner^[3]
• The Franklin Residences, formerly the Benjamin Franklin Hotel
• Belgravia Hotel
• Historic Main Post Office (now the IRS' 30th Street Campus)^[4]
• Drexel University
• University of Pennsylvania

Major intersections

The entire street is in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County.

Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Cobbs Creek	0.0	0.0	PA 3 west (Cobbs Creek Parkway)	Western terminus of concurrency with PA 3
University City	2.6	4.2	US 13 / PA 3 west (38th Street)
	3.1	5.0	PA 3 east (33rd Street)	Eastern terminus of concurrency with PA 3
	3.5	5.6	I-76 (Schuylkill Expressway) to I-95 south / I-676 east	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	PA 611 (Broad Street / Avenue of the Arts)
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       Concurrency terminus

Gallery

• 
  33rd and Chestnut Streets in University City
• 
  Chestnut Street in Philadelphia at night in February 2016
• 
  Independence Hall, a landmark between 5th and 6th Streets on Chestnut Street
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  Old City Hall at 5th and Chestnut Streets
• 
  Eastern terminus at Front Street
• 
  Chestnut and 47th Street

See also

• History of Philadelphia

References

1. "Chestnut Street" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
2. Henry, Mathew Schropp (1860). History of the Lehigh Valley: Containing a Copious Selection of the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc., Etc., Relating to Its History and Antiquities ; with Complete History of All Its Internal Improvements, Progress of the Coal and Iron Trade, Manufactures, Etc. Bixler & Corwin. stratton's tavern philadelphia.
3. Jennings, James (May 7, 2015). "Former Gimbels Site at 9th and Chestnut Sold for Big Bucks". Philadelphia Magazine. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
4. Melissa Romero (December 28, 2015). "Historic U.S. Post Office Building Near 30th St. Sells for $354M". Curbed Philadelphia. Retrieved January 10, 2020.

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