Schuylkill Expressway Bridge

The Schuylkill Expressway Bridge, built in 1956 by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, and reconstructed and painted blue in 2010, carries the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76) over the Schuylkill River between West Philadelphia and the Grays Ferry section of South Philadelphia.^[1]

Schuylkill Expressway Bridge
The Schuylkill Expressway Bridge
Coordinates	39.94180°N 75.19418°W / 39.94180; -75.19418
Carries	I-76 (Schuylkill Expressway)
Crosses	Schuylkill River,
Locale	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Official name	Schuylkill Expressway Bridge
Owner	Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Maintained by	PennDOT
ID number	670076345404140
Characteristics
Design	Riveted haunched deck plate girder
Material	Steel, concrete
Total length	1641.2 feet
Width	54.1 feet
No. of spans	6
Piers in water	6
No. of lanes	2 north 2 south 4 total
History
Opened	1956
Statistics
Daily traffic	69,892 as of 2009
Location

See also

• Transport portal
• Engineering portal
• Pennsylvania portal
• Philadelphia portal
• List of crossings of the Schuylkill River