Chestnut Street (Philadelphia)

{{Short description|Street in Pennsylvania, U.S.}}

{{distinguish|Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia}}

{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox street

|name=Chestnut Street

|commissioning_date=1682

|maint=PennDOT and City of Philadelphia

|length_mi=5.6

|length_ref={{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/39.9611948,-75.2471338/39.9481737,-75.1424642/@39.9485423,-75.1431816,18.31z/am=t/data=!4m19!4m18!1m15!3m4!1m2!1d-75.19953!2d39.9553023!3s0x89c6c657beff8d45:0x6af22953a18260a2!3m4!1m2!1d-75.1694113!2d39.9515523!3s0x89c6c630f15bbdf3:0x23effc7d32b1cf95!3m4!1m2!1d-75.1429165!2d39.9482352!3s0x89c6c885628104b1:0xa419270ca611ed2d!1m0!3e0 |title=Chestnut Street |access-date=July 14, 2018}}

|inauguration_date=

|allocation=SR 3008 from Front Street to City Hall
{{jct|state=PA|PA|3|dir1=eastbound}} between 63rd and 33rd Streets in Philadelphia

|direction_a=West

|terminus_a={{jct|state=PA|PA|3}} in Cobbs Creek

|junction={{jct|state=PA|US|13}} in University City
{{jct|state=PA|I|76}} in University City
{{jct|state=PA|PA|611|name1=Broad Street}} in Center City

|direction_b=East

|terminus_b=Front Street in Penn's Landing

|location=Center City, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|image = File:Chestnut Street.jpg

|image_size =

|caption = 21st and Chestnut in Center City

| north = Market Street

| south = Walnut Street

}}

Chestnut Street is a major historic street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was originally named Wynne Street because Thomas Wynne's home was there. William Penn renamed it Chestnut Street in 1684. It runs east–west from the Delaware River waterfront in downtown Philadelphia through Center City and West Philadelphia. The road crosses the Schuylkill River on the Chestnut Street Bridge. It serves as eastbound Pennsylvania Route 3 between 63rd and 33rd Streets.

Stratton's Tavern was located on Chestnut Street near Sixth Street. When the citizens of Philadelphia were afraid that the British might attack the essentially unmanned Fort Mifflin, the secretary of the Young Men's Democratic Society called a meeting held at Stratton's Tavern at Chestnut and Sixth Streets on March 20, 1813. The young men agreed to volunteer their services to defend the fort.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/historylehighva00henrgoog|quote=stratton's tavern philadelphia.|title=History of the Lehigh Valley: Containing a Copious Selection of the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc., Etc., Relating to Its History and Antiquities ; with Complete History of All Its Internal Improvements, Progress of the Coal and Iron Trade, Manufactures, Etc|last=Henry|first=Mathew Schropp|date=1860|publisher=Bixler & Corwin|language=en}}