Tacony-Palmyra Bridge
Photos
Tacony - Palmyra Bridge
Open for traffic
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
BH Photo #272349
Facts
- Overview
- Steel arch and double-leaf bascule bridge over Delaware River on NJ/PA 73
- Location
- Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and Burlington County, New Jersey
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1929
- Builder
- - Ralph Modjeski of Bochnia, Poland (Chief Engineer)
- Design
- Steel tied-arch and double-leaf bascule
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 537.1 ft.
Total length: 3,659.3 ft. (0.7 mi.)
Deck width: 38.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 20.7 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.01167, -75.04333 (decimal degrees)
40°00'42" N, 75°02'36" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/496301/4429053 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Frankford
- Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
- 44,628
- Inventory numbers
- PA 67 7301 9991 0015 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 31543 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of August 2008)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 47.1 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- June 6, 2022: New Street View added by Geoff Hubbs
- August 28, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
- August 13, 2015: New video from Douglas Butler
- January 3, 2014: New photos from Douglas Butler
- December 28, 2013: New photos from Patrick S. O'Donnell
- August 19, 2011: New Street View added by Stephen Greer
- June 8, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
Sources
- Nathan Holth
- Stephen Greer
- Patrick S. O'Donnell - 1 [dot] 991km [at] comcast [dot] net
- Wikipedia
- Douglas Butler
- Geoff Hubbs
Comments
Absolutely ridiculous. Public walkway. Photography is legal in such a location. Any police order to delete photos is actually illegal... for the cops. If they forced you to delete photos I believe you could technically file a lawsuit. Funny, I had police harassment in New York City area in October also, with PANYNJ police telling me I couldn't photo the Goethals bridge. Don't these east coast cops have anything better to do?
The Wikipedia article has a good photo of the bridge.
Another article, this one by Burlington county. Includes photos and history.
http://www.bcbridges.org/AboutUs/AboutOurBridges/TaconyPalmy...
Wikipedia article:
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/pa/philadelphia/677301999100150/
Now that a traffic light has been installed, vehicles will no longer need to stop at the electrical sign and vehicles will now only stop at the drawbridge gates.