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Getting to Philadelphia is easy. Less than a two-hour drive from New York City, you can enjoy a Philly cheesesteak at the famous Reading Terminal Market. Less than three hours from Washington DC, you can sprint like Rocky up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Or just two minutes off I-95 and discover the rich history of the City of Brotherly Love. Amtrak trains run frequently along the Northeast Corridor, and more than 20 major airlines serve Philadelphia International Airport.
By car
A convenient destination from nearly anywhere on the East Coast, Philadelphia can be reached from the south via I-95 North, from the north via the New Jersey Turnpike or I-95 South, from the west via the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-276) and Schuylkill Expressway (I-76 East), and from the east via the Atlantic City Expressway and Route 42 North.
Cross the Delaware River from neighboring New Jersey on one of several bridges built by Benjamin Franklin, Walt Whitman, Commodore Barry, Betsy Ross and others.
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