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Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Phila Twin Bridges01

Roosevelt Boulevard southbound bridge in the foreground, with the Roosevelt Boulevard northbound bridge just beyond it downstream, and two historic railroad bridges in the background, looking downstream from the Kelly Drive

Photo taken by D. Thomsen

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Description 

Roosevelt Expressway Northbound, US 1, connected from the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76)

Facts 

Overview
Bridge
Location
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
History
Built 1960, reconstructed 1985, reconstructed 2010
Dimensions
Total length: 1,920.9 ft.
Deck width: 41.0 ft.
Also called
Roosevelt Expressway Northbound, US 1
Twin Bridges, for both
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.00699, -75.19306   (decimal degrees)
40°00'25" N, 75°11'35" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/483522/4428550 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Germantown
Inventory number
BH 45786 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1960 (171)
Built during 1960s (1,215)
Continuous (899)
Girder (3,238)
I-76 (20)
Open (28,313)
Owned by state (9,808)
 Pennsylvania (3,038)
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (118)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (105)
Schuylkill Expressway (11)
Schuylkill River (65)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,215)
US 1 (60)

Update Log 

  • August 10, 2010: Updated by D. Thomsen: Added categories
  • August 5, 2010: Updated by D. Thomsen: Added US 1 to description, elsewhere
  • August 3, 2010: Updated by D. Thomsen: Added details
  • August 2, 2010: Updated by D. Thomsen: Add details

Sources 

  • D. Thomsen - dcthomsen [at] comcast [dot] net

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