Lincoln Drive
 A view looking north on Lincoln Drive towards the Henry Avenue Bridge. | |
 Interactive map of Lincoln Drive | |
| Maintained by | PennDOT and Philadelphia Streets Department |
|---|---|
| Length | 4.1 mi (6.6 km) |
| Location | Philadelphia |
| South end |   I-76 / US 1 / Kelly Drive in Philadelphia |
| North end | Allens Lane in Philadelphia |
| Construction | |
| Commissioned | 1856 |
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Lincoln Drive is a full-access, 25 mph 4-lane road in the Wissahickon Creek section of Philadelphia, 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.[1]
Some historic locations that the road passes include Historic RittenhouseTown, Germantown, and Chestnut Hill.
From the 1930s until 1960, Lincoln Drive was designated as the southernmost part of U.S. Route 309.[2][3]
Famed American soul and R&B singer and songwriter Teddy Pendergrass crashed his car, a Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit, in the East Falls section of Lincoln Drive, near Rittenhouse Street, on March 18, 1982.[4][5] He sustained a spinal cord injury, leaving him a tetraplegic, paralyzed from the chest down.[4][6] He never walked again,[7] though Dr. Robert Sataloff created a special vest for him that compressed his chest and restored breath support to enable him to resume singing.[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ Flamm, Bradley. "Lincoln Drive". The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia.
- ↑ Official Road Map of Pennsylvania (back) (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1940. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 11, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ↑ Official Map of Pennsylvania (back) (PDF) (Map). Pennsylvania Department of Highways. 1960. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 11, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- 1 2 Purtell, Tim (March 18, 1994). "Encore: The Trials of Teddy Pendergrass". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 3, 2008.
- ↑ Wells, Veronica (October 23, 2014). "'I Never Really Got A Chance To Tell My Side' Trans Woman Riding With Teddy Pendergrass Speaks Out". MadameNoire. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
- ↑ "Singer Suffers Spinal Injury in Auto Crash in Philadelphia". The New York Times. March 19, 1982. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
- ↑ Rose, Steve (March 2, 2019). "Teddy Pendergrass: sex, drugs and the tragic life of the 'Black Elvis'". The Guardian. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ↑ Bradley, Michael (December 18, 2024). "Voice Doctor to the Stars: Meet Bala Cynwyd's Robert Sataloff". Main Line Today.
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