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Baltimore Pike

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Baltimore Pike
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA and PennDOT
Major junctions
South end: US 1 in Baltimore, MD
 
North end: US 13 in Philadelphia, PA
Location
States: Maryland, Pennsylvania
Highway system
Auto Trails

Baltimore Pike marker.svg

The Baltimore Pike was an auto trail in the United States, connecting Baltimore, Maryland, with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Today, parts of the road are signed as U.S. Route 1, U.S. Route 13, and a small portion of Pennsylvania Route 41. A section of the road within the city limits of Philadelphia and surrounding boroughs is known as Baltimore Avenue, although locals are known to call the Delaware County portion "Baltimore Pike". In further western suburbs, some sections retain the formal name "Baltimore Pike." Today, Baltimore Avenue's eastern terminus is at 38th Street in Philadelphia, where it intersects with Woodland Avenue (from Southwest Philadelphia and the borough of Darby) and funnels into University Avenue The road used to continue to Market Street until the University City area was redeveloped.

The Baltimore Pike name is not currently used in Maryland. The routing of the Baltimore Pike in Maryland follows US 1 from Baltimore northeast to the Pennsylvania border near Rising Sun in Cecil County. The road passes through Bel Air and crosses the Susquehanna River on the Conowingo Dam.


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