Walt Whitman Bridge

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bridge_name= Walt Whitman Bridge


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official_name= Walt Whitman Bridge
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carries= 7 lanes of I-76
crosses= Delaware River
locale= Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Gloucester City, New Jersey
maint= Delaware River Port Authority of Pennsylvania and New Jersey
id= 4500010
design= steel suspension bridge
mainspan= 609.6 meters (2,000 feet)
length= 3,651.81 meters (11,981 feet)
width= 28.04 meters (92 feet)
clearance= 150 feet
below= 45.72 meters (150 feet)
traffic= 120,000
open= May 16, 1957
closed=
toll= $4.00 (westbound) (E-ZPass)
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map_text=
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lat= 39.9074
long= -75.142The Walt Whitman Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Delaware River from Philadelphia to Gloucester City, New Jersey. Named after the poet Walt Whitman, who resided in nearby Camden toward the end of his life, the Walt Whitman Bridge is one of the larger bridges on the east coast of the United States. The bridge is owned and operated by the Delaware River Port Authority.

Construction on the bridge began in 1953, and it opened to traffic on May 16, 1957. The bridge has a total length of 11,981 feet (3,651 meters), and a main span of 2,000 feet (610 meters). The bridge has seven lanes, three in each direction and a center lane that is shifted variably (via a zipper barrier) to accommodate heavy traffic. [http://www.phillyroads.com/crossings/walt-whitman/ Walt Whitman Bridge Historic Overview] , PhillyRoads.com. Accessed October 12, 2007.]

The bridge is a part of Interstate 76 (which, between the river and the Pennsylvania Turnpike interchange in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, is known as the "Schuylkill Expressway"). Along with the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Betsy Ross Bridge, Delaware Memorial Bridge, and Commodore Barry Bridge, the Walt Whitman Bridge is one of five expressway-standard bridges connecting the Philadelphia area with southern New Jersey.

Tolls

tag that crosses one of the four DRPA bridges 18 times in a calendar month. Trucks, Commercial vehicles, mobile homes and recreation vehicles (weighing at least 7,000 lbs. gross vehicle weight), pay $7 cash per axle. Seniors aged 65 and over can use a ticket program to pay $2.00 per trip (not integrated with E-ZPass)

ee also

*List of crossings of the Delaware River

References

External links

* [http://www.drpa.org/drpa/drpa_bridges_ww.html Delaware River Port Authority site]
* [http://www.phillyroads.com/crossings/walt-whitman Walt Whitman Bridge historic overview (phillyroads.com)]
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structure = Crossings
place = Delaware River
bridge = Walt Whitman Bridge
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upstream = RiverLink Ferry
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downstream = Commodore Barry Bridge
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