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Benjamin Franklin Bridge: Other name(s) Ben Franklin Bridge: Named for: Benjamin Franklin: Maintained by: Delaware River Port Authority of Pennsylvania and New Jersey: ID number: 4500010: Characteristics; Design: Steel suspension bridge: Total length: 9,650 feet (2,940 m) Width: 128 feet (39 m) Height: 385 feet (117 m) Longest span: 1,750 feet ...
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Benjamin Franklin Bridge: 534 m (1,750 ft) 2,273 m (7,457 ft) Suspension Steel truss deck, steel pylons 3+4 lanes 2 railway tracks 218+534+218: Interstate 676
Penn Treaty Park with a statue of William Penn to the left and the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in the distance. Penn Treaty Park is a small park on the western bank of the Delaware River, in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located on Beach Street, near its intersection with Delaware Avenue.
CAMDEN - More than a year after two workers died in a rail accident atop the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, an investigation still faces a perplexing question.
The Delaware River Bridge, now the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, was designed to accommodate both rail and road traffic. When it opened on July 1, 1926, it had two outboard structures beside the main roadway for rail and space for two streetcar tracks (never installed) on the main road deck.
Vintage photos show just a fraction of the dangers they faced on the job. Railroad work was one of the most dangerous jobs in the US. Workers building railroad tracks in mountainous areas faced ...