University Avenue Bridge

Infobox Bridge
bridge_name= University Avenue Bridge


crosses= Schuylkill River
locale= Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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design= Double leaf bascule bridge
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coordinates= 39.942778,-75.196944Infobox_nrhp | name =University Avenue Bridge
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location= Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 56
lat_seconds = 30
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 75
long_minutes = 11
long_seconds = 52
long_direction = W
locmapin = Pennsylvania
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built =1927-1933
architect= Paul Philippe Cret
architecture= Beaux Arts
added = May 26, 1994
governing_body = State
refnum=94000515cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] The University Avenue Bridge crosses the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The four-lane bridge links University Avenue in West Philadelphia with South 34th Street in the Grays Ferry section of South Philadelphia. It measures 536 feet long, 100 feet wide, and clears the water by 30 feet.cite web| url=http://www.uchs.net/HistoricDistricts/uavebridge.html | title=University City Bridge, University City Historical Society | accessdate=2008-05-20 ]

Built in 1930, the bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 26, 1994.

Location: Coord|39.942778|-75.196944

External links

* [http://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoArchive/Detail.aspx?assetId=8366 1917 drawing of proposed bridge, PhillyHistory.org]
* [http://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoArchive/Detail.aspx?assetId=11206 1929 Photo of unfinished bridge, PhillyHistory.org]
* [http://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoArchive/Detail.aspx?assetId=11207 1929 photo of drawbridge open, PhillyHistory.org]
* [http://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoArchive/Detail.aspx?assetId=20493 1950 photo of bridge, PhillyHistory.org]
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.pa3674 Photographs and historical data] at the Historic American Engineering Record
*Geographic Names Information System ID No. [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1196400 1196400]

References

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structure = Crossings
place = Schuylkill River
bridge = University Avenue Bridge
upstream = Schuylkill Expressway Bridge
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downstream = Grays Ferry Avenue Bridge