BRIDGES

Benjamin Franklin Bridge

Bridge Director: Valerie Bradford
(856)968-3300

Owned by the Delaware River Port Authority, construction began for the Delaware River Bridge, later renamed Benjamin Franklin Bridge January 6, 1922. Opened to traffic July 1, 1926. River/waterway crossing the Delaware River. Location is Camden NJ/Philadelphia PA. Width (out to out): 128 feet. Travel width (curb to curb): 77 feet -10 inches. Number of lanes: 7. The bridge has railroad/transit tracks. Length (abutment to abutment): 7,456 feet. Navigable channel width: 800 feet. Navigable channel depth: 40 feet.

Foundation type: caisson (main piers), and spread footing (approach piers). Type of connection: rivet (shop) and rivet (field). Roadway surface: asphalt. Type of paint: urethane alkyd. Structural steel weight: 61,700 tons.

Click here for information about the Benjamin Franklin Bridge Walkway.

Click here for information about the Benjamin Franklin Bridge Steel Painting Project.