page_title: Ridge Pike
section_title: Philadelphia County
hierarchical_section_title: Ridge Pike / Route description / Philadelphia County
caption_attribution_description: English: Ridge Avenue Bridge in Philadelphia on NRHP since June 22, 1988. Carries Ridge Avenue over the Wissahickon Creek near its mouth on the Schuylkill River. In Wissahickon neighborhood of NW Philadelphia.
context_page_description: Ridge Pike is a major historic road that opened in 1706 that originally connected Wissachickon Creek to Perkiomen Creek. Inside Philadelphia, it is called Ridge Avenue. Going westward, it traverses many eastern Pennsylvania neighborhoods including Conshohocken and beyond, eventually connecting with Germantown Pike to the west. 13th Street and Ridge Avenue is notable for being the location of Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment which led to the discovery of electricity.
context_section_description: Upon intersecting Northwestern Avenue, the road heads into the city of Philadelphia in Philadelphia County and becomes Ridge Avenue, which is designated as SR 3009. Ridge Avenue heads south-southeast as a five-lane road with a center left-turn lane through a mix of residential and commercial areas in the Andorra neighborhood. The road heads south and becomes a six-lane road as it comes to a southbound exit and northbound entrance with Henry Avenue. At this point, Ridge Avenue becomes a two-lane undivided road that heads south-southeast into the Roxborough neighborhood, passing a mix of homes and businesses. The road curves south and then southeast as it continues through the neighborhood. Ridge Avenue continues southeast past several businesses and some homes, passing northeast of Roxborough High School. The road heads into more urban areas of homes and businesses as it heads into the downtown area of Roxborough. Ridge Avenue continues south-southeast through urban areas and passes west of Roxborough Memorial Hospital. The road passes urban homes and curves to the southwest into the Wissahickon neighborhood, descending a hill. Ridge Avenue curves south and passes over SEPTA's Manayunk/Norristown Line before it makes a turn to the southeast and passes south of the Wissahickon station along the SEPTA line. The road heads through commercial areas and passes north of SEPTA's Wissahickon Transportation Center before it crosses Wissahickon Creek. At this point, Ridge Avenue comes to an interchange that connects to I-76 (Schuylkill Expressway) and US 1 (City Avenue) across the Schuylkill River, Kelly Drive, and Lincoln Drive.
  Past this interchange, Ridge Avenue heads into the East Falls neighborhood and heads east-southeast through urban residential areas with some businesses. The road passes under the Twin Bridges which carry US 1 (Roosevelt Expressway) across the Schuylkill River, at which point it comes to ramps that provide access to northbound US 1 and from southbound US 1, before crossing under CSX's Trenton Subdivision railroad line. Ridge Avenue intersects Allegheny Avenue and turns south, passing between  Laurel Hill Cemetery to the west and urban development to the east. The road intersects US 13 at Hunting Park Avenue, at which point US 13 turns south to follow Ridge Avenue. Ridge Avenue heads southeast between Fairmount Park to the west and urban homes to the east. US 13 splits to the south onto 33rd Street north of SEPTA's 33rd and Dauphin Bus Loop and Ridge Avenue continues southeast into the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood, passing through urban areas of homes. The road passes southwest of Strawberry Mansion High School past 32nd Street. Ridge Avenue continues through urban development and passes over Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. Farther southeast, Ridge Avenue crosses Cecil B. Moore Avenue and heads into the Fairmount neighborhood, where it passes to the east of Girard College and comes to an intersection with Girard Avenue, which carries SEPTA's Route 15 trolley line. Following this, the road continues southeast through urban areas of homes and comes to an intersection with Fairmount Avenue and PA 611 (Broad Street), the latter of which SEPTA's Broad Street Line subway runs underneath. At this point, SEPTA's Broad–Ridge Spur subway line runs underneath Ridge Avenue and the road runs through more urban areas, coming to an intersection with Spring Garden Street. At this point, SR 3009 ends and road becomes a city street, passing under the abandoned Reading Viaduct. Upon crossing Callowhill Street, Ridge Avenue becomes one-way northbound and ends at an intersection with Wood Street north of Center City. The Broad–Ridge Spur subway line continues south into Center City.
caption: Ridge Avenue in Philadelphia on a bridge over the Wissahickion Creek
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