Broad Street

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major thoroughfare street

Broad Street is a major north–south thoroughfare in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for running through Center City and serving as a central artery of the city’s street grid.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Broad Street (Philadelphia)	0

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	major thoroughfare ⓘ street ⓘ
category	Streets in Philadelphia ⓘ Transportation in Philadelphia ⓘ
continuesAs	Old York Road (north of city line) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
direction	north–south ⓘ
formsPartOf	Philadelphia street grid ⓘ
hasCoordinateRegion	39.9°N 75.2°W (approximate) ⓘ
hasJunctionWith	City Hall (Philadelphia) circle ⓘ Market Street (Philadelphia) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLandmark	Academy of Music (Philadelphia) NERFINISHED ⓘ Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ Philadelphia City Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple University Main Campus vicinity ⓘ The Met Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ
isCentralArteryOf	Philadelphia street network ⓘ
isRouteFor	SEPTA Broad Street Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownAs	Avenue of the Arts (Center City segment) NERFINISHED ⓘ Broad Street NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Center City, Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ
maintenanceBy	City of Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThrough	Center City, Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ North Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ South Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ
terminusNorth	Cheltenham Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ
terminusSouth	Philadelphia Navy Yard NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	New Year’s Day Mummers Parade NERFINISHED ⓘ sports championship parades ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Roosevelt Boulevard → hasIntersectionWith → Broad Street ⓘ

Girard Avenue (to the north, commonly) → hasJunctionWith → Broad Street ⓘ

subject surface form: Girard Avenue

North Broad Street → hasNameElement → Broad Street ⓘ

Four Corners of Law → locatedAtIntersectionOf → Broad Street ⓘ

Penn Square → locatedAtIntersectionOf → Broad Street ⓘ

Avenue of the Arts section → locatedIn → Broad Street ⓘ

PA 611 (portion) → locatedIn → Broad Street ⓘ

Center City Concourse → locatedUnder → Broad Street ⓘ

Avenue of the Arts → mainStreet → Broad Street ⓘ

Marconi Plaza area → near → Broad Street ⓘ

North Broad Street → partOf → Broad Street ⓘ

Philadelphia subway system → runsAlong → Broad Street ⓘ

subject surface form: Broad Street Line

Broad Street Line local trains → servesCorridor → Broad Street ⓘ

Penn Square → streetAxisNorthSouth → Broad Street ⓘ

PA 611 (portion) → streetName → Broad Street ⓘ

Fern Rock → traversedBy → Broad Street ⓘ