South Street Bridge (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

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South Street Bridge
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South Street Bridge (foreground) with Cira Centre South (background) in Philadelphia
Coordinates 39°56′30″N75°11′52″W / 39.94167°N 75.19778°W / 39.94167; -75.19778 (South Street Bridge)
Carries South Street
Crosses Schuylkill River
Locale Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Official nameSouth Street Bridge
Owner City of Philadelphia
Maintained byDriscoll Construction Company, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Preceded by1920 span
Characteristics
MaterialSteel, concrete
Total length753 ft (230 m) [1]
Width82.7 ft (25.2 m) [1]
Longest span144 ft (44 m) [1]
No. of spans7 [1]
Clearance below 13.1 ft (4.0 m) [1]
History
DesignerH2L2 Architects/Planners, LLC
Constructed byDriscoll Construction Company, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Construction end2010 [1]
Location
South Street Bridge (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

South Street Bridge is a bridge that was reconstructed in 2010 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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History

The original South Street Bridge was a crumbling bridge dating back to 1920.

From 2003 to until its closure in 2009, pieces of the eroding bridge concrete would fall into the Schuylkill River and onto the Schuylkill Expressway. On November 6, 2010, the original bridge was completely torn down and replaced. [2]

Architectural features

South Street Bridge is notable landmark in Philadelphia as drivers along the Schuylkill Expressway can see images on its glowing mesh. Bruce Chamberlain said that the mesh "... gave the bridge a soft glow at night, while maintaining the openness desired by the design team and community." [3] The lights stopped working in 2017, and haven't been up since then. [4] Stimulus funding also subsidized connections from the new bridge to a "boardwalk" on the Schuylkill River Trail, which passes under the bridge. [5]

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