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Schuylkill Expressway Bridge
Schuylkill Expressway Bridge
	The Schuylkill Expressway Bridge
Coordinates	39°56′30″N 75°11′39″W / 39.94180°N 75.19418°W
Carries	I-76 (Schuylkill Expressway)
Crosses	Schuylkill River,
Locale	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Official name	Schuylkill Expressway Bridge
Owner	Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Maintained by	PennDOT
ID number	670076345404140
Characteristics
Design	Riveted haunched deck plate girder
Material	Steel, concrete
Total length	1641.2 feet
Width	54.1 feet
No. of spans	6
Piers in water	6
No. of lanes	2 north 2 south 4 total
History
Opened	1956
Statistics
Daily traffic	69,892 as of 2009
Location
	Interactive map of Schuylkill Expressway Bridge

The Schuylkill Expressway Bridge, built in 1956 by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, and reconstructed and painted blue in 2010, carries the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76) over the Schuylkill River between West Philadelphia and the Grays Ferry section of South Philadelphia.^[1]

References

↑ "Historic Bridges of the United States:Schuylkill Expressway Bridge". Bridgehunter.com. James Baughn. July 24, 2010. Retrieved August 25, 2010. Schuylkill Expressway 4 lane bridge, recently rebuilt and painted blue.