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Brandywine Creek [1] [2] (also called the Brandywine River) is a tributary of the Christina River in southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware in the United States.The Lower Brandywine (the main stem) is 20.4 miles (32.8 km) long [3] and is a designated Pennsylvania Scenic River with several tributary streams.
It is part of the site of the Battle of Brandywine, which was fought on September 11, 1777, during the American Revolution, and was a decisive victory for the British and cleared a path directly to the rebel capital of Philadelphia. Brandywine Battlefield Park became a Pennsylvania State Park in 1949 and a National Historic Landmark in 1961 ...
Map of the Brandywine battlefield (1830 engraving) The Battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777 September 11 began with a heavy fog, which provided cover for the British troops. Washington received contradictory reports about the British troop movements and continued to believe that the main force was moving to attack at Chadds Ford.
Map of the Battle of Brandywine 1777, 1859. Items portrayed in this file depicts. inception. 1859. media type. image/jpeg. checksum ...
Upon crossing the Brandywine Creek, US 1 continues into Chadds Ford Township in Delaware County and passes to the north of the Brandywine Museum of Art.The route heads into the community of Chadds Ford and comes to an offset intersection with Creek Road in a commercial area.
Including Brandywine Creek, 71% of the Christina's basin is in Pennsylvania (400 square miles, 1,000 km 2); 28% is in Delaware (157 square miles, 410 km 2); and 1% is in Maryland (8 square miles, 21 km 2). The basin's streams supply approximately 100 million gallons (400 million liters) of water per day for more than half a million people in ...
U.S. Route 322 and Pennsylvania Route 282 are the numbered highways serving East Brandywine Township. US 322 follows a northwest-southeast alignment along Horseshoe Pike through western and southern portions of the township, while PA 282 follows Creek Road along the banks of East Branch Brandywine Creek along the northern and eastern edges of ...
US 322 westbound in West Brandywine Township. As of 2018, there were 60.21 miles (96.90 km) of public roads in West Brandywine Township, of which 21.08 miles (33.92 km) were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and 39.13 miles (62.97 km) were maintained by the township.