Tacony-Palmyra Bridge
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ODragon
N 40° 00.803 W 075° 02.637
18T E 496249 N 4429243
A bridge connecting Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Waymark Code: WM4EHK
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 08/13/2008
Views: 56
The Tacony-Palmyra Bridge is a combination steel arch, double-leaf bascule bridge across the Delaware River, connecting New Jersey Route 73 in Palmyra, New Jersey and Pennsylvania Route 73 in the Tacony section of Philadelphia. The bridge has a total length of 3,659 feet (1,115 meters) and spans 2,324 feet (708 meters). It was designed by Polish-born architect Ralph Modjeski. After one and a half years of construction, it opened in 1929 to replace the local ferry service. Though it opened as a four-lane bridge, the lanes were reduced in a 1997 1½-year bridge deck-replacement project to three wider lanes (two toll lanes northwestward into Philadelphia, and one free lane southeastward into New Jersey).
The bridge is owned and maintained by the Burlington County Bridge Commission. The bridge has a $2 toll, which can be paid using E-ZPass.[1] Despite interruptions due to openings for passing shipping traffic (the Delaware River is navigable as far as Van Sciver Lake near Bristol, Pennsylvania), it serves as a lower-cost alternative to the six-lane, high-span Betsy Ross Bridge, which charges $3 for the westward crossing.
Note, there is no stopping on the bridge so please take your picture from somewhere else.
Length of bridge: 3,659 feet
What type of traffic does this bridge support?: Motor vehicles
What kind of gap does this bridge cross?:
Tacony, PA and Palmyra, NJ
Date constructed: 1929
Is the bridge still in service for its original purpose?: Yes
Name of road or trail the bridge services: Highway 73 in NJ to Levick Street in PA
Location:
Tacony
Height of bridge: Not listed
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