- Falls Bridge
Infobox_Bridge
bridge_name= Betsy Ross Bridge
caption=
official_name= Falls Bridge
also_known_as=
carries= 2 lanes of Calumet Street
crosses=Schuylkill River
locale=Fairmount Park ,Philadelphia
maint=
id=
design=Steel Pratt truss
mainspan= 191.9 feet
length= 556 feet
width= 25.9 feet
clearance= 17.2 feet
below=
traffic= 13,000 (1981)
open= June1895
closed=
toll= none
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map_
map_text=
map_width=
lat= 40.00833
long= -75.19833The Falls Bridge is a steelPratt truss bridge that spans theSchuylkill River inFairmount Park inPhiladelphia ,Pennsylvania .The 556-ft-long bridge was built in 1895 under the direction of Chief Engineer George S. Webster of the Philadelphia Department of Public Works.
External links
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.pa0840 Listing and photographs] at the
Historic American Engineering Record
* [http://www.workshopoftheworld.com/fairmount_park/falls.html Article] at "Workshop of the World"
* [http://ruins.wordpress.com/category/falls-bridge/ Article] at "The Necessity of Ruins"
* [http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/pj_display.cfm/33321 Listing] at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
* [http://bridgehunter.com/pa/philadelphia/677301004000040/ Listing] at BridgeHunter.com
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