Hiway Drive-In
1824 East Ridge Pike,
Limerick,
PA
19468
1824 East Ridge Pike,
Limerick,
PA
19468
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Located in Limerick to the northwest of Philadelphia. The Hiway Drive-In was opened by 1948 and was operated by William Goldman Theaters Inc. It was closed in the early-1980’s.
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An advertisement for the Hiway Drive-In gives a location of Route 422.
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The address (at least according to Google) is 1824 East Ridge Pike, Royersford, PA 19468. The drive-in lasted into at least the early 1970s, but was demolished by the early 1990s. The remnants remained untouched until sometime after 2004.
Today, a Target sits on the property with no trace of the drive-in remaining. http://tinyurl.com/h6vuezn
Visible in 1948 aerial photos.
Something wrong with his information. I have a friend who remembers going to this drive-in in the early 1980s. Before the current strip mall was erected on the site around 2000 , you could still drive back beyond the entrance and see the parking area outline.
The Hi-Way Drive-In opened its gates on August 5, 1953 with Marilyn Monroe in “Niagara” with no extra short subjects, with the original installations of a 60ft screen (before the later installations of CinemaScope), a capacity of 400-cars, and a children’s playground in front of the screen.
It was first operated by William Goldman of Royersford who previously managed several Philadelphia area Warner Brothers theatres since 1937. The assistant of the theatre was Ammon L. Mauger of Royersford who started his life as an usher in 1931.
The Hi-Way Drive-In originally started life as a seasonal drive-in but later turned into an all-year drive-in. Budco operated the Hi-Way Drive-In during its later years.
The Hi-Way Drive-In closed for the final time on September 5, 1988 with Corey Haim in “License To Drive” and Bruce Willis in “Die Hard” after the property was bought by Robert Ayerle. It was later demolished to make way for a shopping center.
As of 2023, Giant Food Stores occupies the former theater site.
A 1951 aerial view shows the start of the drive-in’s construction.