# Lincoln Drive

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{{short description|Road in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox street
| name        = Lincoln Drive
| image       = Lincoln Drive - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.jpg
| image_alt   = A four-lane full-access road with a low concrete median snakes through a wooded area and under a large stone arch bridge.
| caption     = A view looking north on Lincoln Drive towards the Henry Avenue Bridge.
| length_mi   = 4.1
| length_round = 3
| length_ref  = 
| maint       = [PennDOT](/source/Pennsylvania_Department_of_Transportation) and Philadelphia Streets Department [https://www.philadelphiastreets.com/transportation/lincoln-drive-project]
| commissioning_date = 1856
| direction_a = South
| terminus_a  = {{jct|state=PA|I|76|US|1}} / [Kelly Drive](/source/Kelly_Drive) in [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia)
| direction_b = North
| terminus_b  = Allens Lane in Philadelphia
| location    = [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia)
| browse      = 
}}
right|220px|thumb|View on Lincoln Drive, Fairmount Park
'''Lincoln Drive''' is a full-access, 25&nbsp;mph 4-lane road in the [Wissahickon Creek](/source/Wissahickon_Creek) section of [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania).  Initially built in 1856 as the Wissahickon Turnpike, it was not completed until about 50 years later. Initially, the purpose of the road was to provide access from the mills to the city of Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/lincoln-drive/|title=Lincoln Drive|last=Flamm|first=Bradley|website=The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia}}</ref>

Some historic locations that the road passes include [Historic RittenhouseTown](/source/Historic_RittenhouseTown), [Germantown](/source/Germantown%2C_Philadelphia), and [Chestnut Hill](/source/Chestnut_Hill%2C_Philadelphia).

From the 1930s until 1960, Lincoln Drive was designated as the southernmost part of [U.S. Route 309](/source/U.S._Route_309).<ref name="PennDOT 1940 back">{{cite map|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Highways|title=Official Road Map of Pennsylvania (back)|url=http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_PDF_FILES/MAPS/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1940bk.pdf|year=1940|access-date=December 15, 2020|archive-date=March 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311002030/http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_PDF_FILES/MAPS/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1940bk.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="PennDOT 1960 back">{{cite map|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Highways|title=Official Map of Pennsylvania (back)|url=http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_PDF_FILES/MAPS/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1960bk.pdf|year=1960|access-date=December 15, 2020|archive-date=March 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311083104/http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_PDF_FILES/MAPS/Statewide/Historic_OTMs/1960bk.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Roads in Pennsylvania
Category:1856 establishments in Pennsylvania
Category:Transportation in Philadelphia
Category:Streets in Philadelphia

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