Ridge Avenue

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Ridge Avenue is a major diagonal thoroughfare in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, running from the city's central area northwest through several neighborhoods and serving as a key historic and transit corridor.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ridge Avenue canonical 9

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf road
street
thoroughfare
country United States
follows ridge line above Schuylkill River
hasDirection northwest
southeast
hasHistoricSignificance early route into Philadelphia from northwest
hasLandUseAlong commercial
mixed-use
residential
hasLanes multiple travel lanes in many segments
hasRole commercial corridor
commuter route
connector between Center City and Northwest Philadelphia
intersects Allegheny Avenue
Broad Street
Girard Avenue
Henry Avenue
Spring Garden Street
isDiagonalTo Philadelphia street grid
isHistoricRoute true
isKnownFor diagonal alignment through grid
historic development corridor in Northwest Philadelphia
isMaintainedBy City of Philadelphia
linked to: Philadelphia
isMajorArterial true
isOlderThan Philadelphia regular street grid
locatedIn Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
United States
parallelTo Schuylkill River
partOf Northwest Philadelphia road network
passesThrough Callowhill
East Falls
Fairmount
Manayunk
North Philadelphia
Roxborough
Strawberry Mansion
roadType urban arterial road
runsFrom Center City Philadelphia
runsTo northwest Philadelphia neighborhoods
servedBy SEPTA bus routes
state Pennsylvania
usedAs transit corridor

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Broad–Ridge Spur followsCorridor Ridge Avenue
Girard Avenue hasJunctionWith Ridge Avenue
Ridge Avenue corridor follows Ridge Avenue
Ridge Avenue corridor hasLocale Ridge Avenue
Ridge Avenue corridor isNamedAfter Ridge Avenue
Kelly Drive connectsTo Ridge Avenue
East Falls traversedBy Ridge Avenue