Tacony-Palmyra Bridge

Infobox_Bridge
bridge_name= Tacony-Palmyra Bridge
caption= The Tacony-Palmyra Bridge, viewed from Palmyra, NJ, during a drawbridge opening.
official_name= Tacony-Palmyra Bridge
also_known_as=
carries= 3 lanes of PA Route 73 and NJ Route 73, and 2 sidewalks
crosses= Delaware River
locale= Philadelphia (Tacony), Pennsylvania and Palmyra, New Jersey
maint= Burlington County Bridge Commission
id= 3000001 (NJ), 677301999100150 (PA)
design= steel arch bridge with bascule
mainspan=
length= 3,569 feet (1115.3 meters)
width= 38 feet (11.6 meters)
clearance= 14.5 feet (4.42 meters)
below= 64 feet (19.5 meters)
traffic= 50,000 (1999)
open= August 14, 1929
closed=
toll= $2.00 (westbound) (E-ZPass)
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map_

map_text=
map_width=
lat= 40.01299
long= -75.04335The 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. 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 1997 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. [ [http://www.bcbridges.org/BridgeInformation/TollRates/tabid/98/Default.aspx Toll Rates] , Burlington County Bridge Commission. Accessed July 15, 2008.] 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.

ee also

*List of crossings of the Delaware River

References

External links

* [http://www.bcbridges.org/AboutUs/AboutOurBridges/TaconyPalmyraBridge/tabid/106/Default.aspx Tacony-Palmyra Bridge] , Burlington County Bridge Commission
* [http://www.phillyroads.com/crossings/tacony-palmyra/ phillyroads.com Tacony-Palmyra Bridge]
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*Ehrhart, W.D., [http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2002/autumn/ehrhart-drawbridges-on-delaware/ "Drawbridges on the Delaware"] , "Virginia Quarterly Review", Autumn 2002.

Crossings navbox
structure = Crossings
place = Delaware River
bridge = Tacony-Palmyra Bridge
bridge signs =
upstream = Burlington-Bristol Bridge
upstream signs =
downstream = Betsy Ross Bridge
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