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The bridge was originally painted by a commercial painting company owned by David A. Salkind, of Philadelphia, which also painted the Golden Gate Bridge. [4] The bridge opened to traffic on July 1, 1926, three days ahead of its scheduled opening on the nation's 150th anniversary.
The Holme Avenue Bridge is a closed-spandrel concrete arch bridge that carries Holme Avenue across Wooden Bridge Run (a tributary of Pennypack Creek) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Department of Transportation, it should not be confused with the other "Holme Avenue Bridge" over Pennypack Creek about ...
Each bridge was to be built by male inhabitants of the surrounding area; those who failed to appear were to be fined 20 shillings. In 1970, the bridge earned an award by the American Society of Civil Engineers, Philadelphia Section, as an outstanding engineering achievement and a historic civil engineering landmark. A bronze plaque was placed ...
Pages in category "Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Name Image Built Listed Location County Type Bridge in Athens Township: 1913 June 22, 1988 removed August 22, 2012: Athens: Bradford: Pennsylvania (petit) truss Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
The longest bridge between Philadelphia and New Jersey is the Walt Whitman Bridge, which connects South Philadelphia to Gloucester City, New Jersey. The Walt Whitman Bridge opened in 1957, with a total length of 11,981 feet (3,652 m) and main span length of 2,000 feet (610 m).
This 86.5-foot-long (26.4 m), 18.66-foot-wide (5.69 m), Howe truss bridge was built in 1855. It was renovated by the Works Progress Administration in 1939, and by the city of Philadelphia in 2000. [2] It is the only remaining covered bridge in Philadelphia and is the only covered bridge in a major US city.
Pages in category "Bridges in Philadelphia" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.