Philadelphia, Penn. Schuylkill Expressway 1965 postcard

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  The Schuylkill Expressway - Philadelphia
• Publisher:  WYCO Products
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  USA5c. flag & 2c. red definitives
• Postmark(s):  Philadelphia PA 12 Jul 1965 wavy line
• Sent to:  Coleraine, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
• Notes & Key words: 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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The Schuylkill Expressway (pronounced /skugl? eksp?eswei/), locally known simply as the Schuylkill,^[2], is a freeway through southeastern Montgomery County and the city of Philadelphia, and the easternmost segment of Interstate 76 in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It extends from the Valley Forge exit of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in King of Prussia, paralleling its namesake Schuylkill River for most of the route, to the Walt Whitman Bridge in South Philadelphia. It serves as the primary corridor into Philadelphia from points west.

Constructed over a period of ten years from 1949 to 1959, a large portion of the expressway predates the 1956 introduction of Interstate Highway System; many of these portions were not built to contemporary standards.^[3] The rugged terrain, limited riverfront space covered by the route and narrow spans of bridges passing over the highway have largely stymied later attempts to upgrade or widen the highway, despite the road being highly over-capacity; it has become notorious for its chronic congestion.^[4] It is the busiest road in Philadelphia, as well as in the entire commonwealth of Pennsylvania.^[5] An average 163,000 vehicles use the road daily in Philadelphia County,^[6] and an average of 109,000 use the highway in Montgomery County.^[7] Its narrow configuration, left lane entrances and exits (nicknamed "merge or die") and generally congested conditions have led to many accidents and the highway's nickname of the "Sure-Kill Expressway" or "Surekill Distressway