Columbus Boulevard

Columbus Boulevard is a major north-south thoroughfare in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is famous for being the location of the Penn's Landingarea and is generally parallel with Interstate 95 south of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. The road extends south towards Pattison Avenue and is home to many big box retailers between Snyder Avenue and Oregon Avenue. Historically, it was called Delaware Avenue, until being renamed in 1992. Use of the name Columbus Boulevard is not universal among older Philadelphians, many of which still refer to it as Delaware Avenue.[1] Some older maps of Philadelphia show this route as once being part of Pennsylvania Route 291.

History
The boulevard was originally a "major freshwater port" which has recently seen revitalization with the increase in tourism and the start of casino businesses in the 2000s.[2] The boulevard was dedicated in 1992 as the Italian Americanspersuaded city hall to rename the portion of Delaware Avenue in the South Philadelphia area on the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbussailing to America.[3] The Christopher Columbus monument which is 106 feet tall was dedicated in the same year.[3]

Major attractions along this route include the Independence Seaport Museum, Penn's Landing, and the Philadelphia waterfront with Camden, New Jersey.[4]

Rerence
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Boulevard#