page_title: Pennsylvania Route 611
section_title: Philadelphia County
hierarchical_section_title: Pennsylvania Route 611 / Route description / Philadelphia County
caption_attribution_description: Northbound Pennsylvania Route 611 (Broad Street) at the intersection with Washington Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
context_page_description: Pennsylvania Route 611 is a state highway in Pennsylvania, United States, running 109.7 mi from Interstate 95 in the southern part of the city of Philadelphia north to I-380 in Coolbaugh Township in the Pocono Mountains. Within Philadelphia, PA 611 follows Broad Street, the main north-south street in Philadelphia, through most of the city. The route continues north through the northern suburbs of Philadelphia and serves Jenkintown, Willow Grove, and Doylestown, the latter of which it bypasses on a freeway. North of Doylestown, PA 611 passes through rural areas and runs along the west bank of the Delaware River to the city of Easton in the Lehigh Valley. The route continues back into rural land and passes through the Delaware Water Gap, at which point it enters the Pocono Mountains region. Here, PA 611 heads northwest through Stroudsburg and Mount Pocono toward its northern terminus.
  The current alignment of PA 611 is composed of several turnpikes that were built in the 1800s. What is now PA 611 was designated as part of U.S. Route 611 in 1926, a U.S. highway that ran from Philadelphia City Hall in Philadelphia north to US 11 in Scranton.
context_section_description: PA 611 begins at an interchange with I-95 in the South Philadelphia section of the city of Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, heading north on Broad Street. South of I-95, Broad Street continues into the former Philadelphia Navy Yard. From the southern terminus, the route follows an eight-lane divided section of Broad Street that is also known as the Southern Boulevard Parkway, running between Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park to the west and the South Philadelphia Sports Complex to the east. At Pattison Avenue, SEPTA's Broad Street Line, a subway line, begins to run under the route from its southern terminus at NRG station. Past the sports complex, the road runs through urban neighborhoods and comes to an interchange with I-76 (Schuylkill Expressway), which heads east towards the Walt Whitman Bridge into New Jersey.
  Following this interchange, PA 611 narrows to a four-lane divided road and passes through Marconi Plaza before intersecting Oregon Avenue and Moyamensing Avenue. The route continues north on Broad Street, a four-lane road with alternating divided and undivided stretches, through urban residential and commercial areas in South Philadelphia, passing to the west of Methodist Hospital–Jefferson Health between Ritner Street and Wolf Street. PA 611 runs to the west of South Philadelphia High School between Jackson Street and Snyder Avenue and east of Constitution Health Plaza between Passyunk Avenue/McKean Street and Mifflin Street. Farther north, the road crosses Washington Avenue, where it becomes the Avenue of the Arts, and heads west of the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts between Carpenter Street and Christian Street. PA 611 intersects South Street and Lombard Street, at which point it heads into Center City Philadelphia. Here, the route transitions to a six-lane divided highway and passes commercial development and high-rise buildings, including several theatres. The road passes to the east of the University of the Arts and the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts between the Pine Street and Spruce Street intersections and heads east of the Academy of Music at the Locust Street intersection. The route crosses Walnut Street and Chestnut Street before it comes to Penn Square, a square-shaped traffic circle that runs around Philadelphia City Hall which is formed by South Penn Square to the south, Juniper Street to the east, John F. Kennedy Boulevard to the north, and 15th Street to the west. At Penn Square, PA 611 intersects Market Street along with the eastern terminus of PA 3, which is routed on the one-way pair of Market Street eastbound and John F. Kennedy Boulevard westbound.
  Past Penn Square, PA 611 continues north along six-lane divided Broad Street through more commercial development and high-rise buildings in Center City. The road passes to the west of the Pennsylvania Convention Center between Arch Street and Race Street and to the east of the former Hahnemann University Hospital between Race Street and Vine Street. At Vine Street, the route comes to an interchange with I-676/US 30 (Vine Street Expressway), with access provided by the Vine Street frontage road. Roman Catholic High School is located east of the road just north of Vine Street. Following this, PA 611 passes more commercial development and crosses Spring Garden Street before heading east of Benjamin Franklin High School. The road heads out of Center City and into North Philadelphia. The route continues north as a four-lane road with alternating divided and undivided stretches through urban residential and commercial development, crossing Ridge Avenue/Fairmount Avenue and Girard Avenue, the latter of which carries SEPTA's Route 15 trolley line. The road crosses Cecil B. Moore Avenue as it heads through the Temple University campus, passing to the east of the Liacouras Center multi-purpose venue between Cecil B. Moore Avenue and Montgomery Avenue. PA 611 leaves the university campus at the Diamond Street intersection and runs past more urban homes and businesses, crossing Dauphin Street. At the Lehigh Avenue int
caption: PA 611 northbound on Broad Street at Washington Avenue in South Philadelphia
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