Tacony-Palmyra Bridge - Tacony, PA/Palmyra, NJ
N 40° 00.689 W 075° 02.560
18T E 496358 N 4429032
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.
Waymark Code: WM5R0A
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 02/04/2009
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"State S41 crosses the Pennsylvania Line 10.8 miles east of Philadelphia, Pa. on the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge (passenger cars 30¢, pedestrians 5¢), a steel structure, almost a mile long, spanning the Delaware River. The bridge, owned by a private corporation, was opened in 1929. The main span is 525 feet long." --- New Jersey, a Guide to Its Present and Past, 1939; page 685
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 1996-97 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 $4 for the westward crossing. SOURCE
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