Girard Avenue

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Girard Avenue
West end	67th Street in West Philadelphia
Major junctions	US 30 (Lancaster Avenue) in West Philadelphia US 13 in Fairmount Park I-76 (Schuylkill Expressway) in Fairmount Park PA 611 (Broad Street) in North Philadelphia
East end	I-95 in Kensington

Girard Avenue is a major east-west thoroughfare in Philadelphia that forms sections of U.S. Route 13 and U.S. Route 30 and is named for Franco-American financier Stephen Girard. It stretches through several major neighborhoods of Philadelphia, including West Philadelphia, Fishtown, Kensington, and Port Richmond. SEPTA streetcar service along Girard Avenue is provided by the Route 15 trolley. Additionally, the street includes two Girard (SEPTA Broad Street Line station) Girard (BSL station), serving the Broad Street Line and Girard (MFL station), serving the Market–Frankford Line.

The street is currently the northern edge of the gentrification of the Fairmount and Northern Liberties sections of the city.

Institutions of note along the street include the Philadelphia Zoo, the shrine of Saint John Neumann, Girard College, and Saint Joseph's Preparatory School.

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v t e Road transportation infrastructure of the metro Philadelphia area

Interstates	I-76 I-176 I-276 I-476 I-676 I-95 (PA–DE) I-295 I-495

U.S. Routes	US 1 US 13 (PA–DE) US 30 (PA–NJ) US 40 (NJ–DE) US 130 US 202 (PA–DE) US 322 (PA–NJ) US 422

Pennsylvania Routes	PA 3 PA 23 PA 29 PA 32 PA 63 PA 73 PA 100 PA 113 PA 132 PA 152 PA 212 PA 213 PA 232 PA 252 PA 263 PA 291 PA 309 PA 313 PA 320 PA 332 PA 352 PA 363 PA 401 PA 412 PA 413 PA 420 PA 452 PA 463 PA 532 PA 563 PA 611 PA 663

New Jersey Routes	NJ 38 NJ 41 NJ 42 NJ 44 NJ 45 NJ 47 NJ 48 NJ 49 NJ 55 NJ 70 NJ 73 NJ 90 NJ 168 NJ 413

Delaware Routes	DE 1 DE 2 DE 4 DE 7 DE 9 DE 41 DE 71 DE 92 DE 100 DE 141 DE 273 DE 299 DE 896

Named roads/streets	Atlantic City Expressway Baltimore Pike Benjamin Franklin Parkway Bethlehem Pike Black Horse Pike Blue Route Broad Street Cecil B. Moore Avenue Cheltenham Avenue Chestnut Street Columbus Boulevard City Avenue Delaware Expressway Delaware Turnpike Front Street Girard Avenue Lancaster Avenue Market Street New Jersey Turnpike North South Freeway Old York Road Pennsylvania Turnpike Roosevelt Boulevard Schuylkill Expressway Snyder Avenue South Street Vine St Expressway Walnut Street Washington Avenue

Bridges	Delaware Memorial Bridge Commodore Barry Bridge Walt Whitman Bridge Ben Franklin Bridge Betsy Ross Bridge Tacony–Palmyra Bridge Burlington–Bristol Bridge Delaware River – Turnpike Toll Bridge

Coordinates: 39°58′23″N 75°12′52″W / 39.97299°N 75.21431°W / 39.97299; -75.21431

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