University Avenue Bridge
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| University Avenue Bridge | |
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| Official name | University Avenue Bridge |
| Carries | University Avenue |
| Crosses | Schuylkill River |
| Locale | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Owner | Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, 1961, formerly City of Philadelphia |
| Maintained by | PennDOT |
| Designer | Paul Phillippe Cret, architect, and Stephen H. Noyes, engineer |
| Design | Beaux-Arts Double leaf bascule bridge |
| Material | steel, limestone, concrete, bronze |
| Total length | 536 feet (163 m) |
| Width | 100 feet (30 m) |
| Number of spans | 4 |
| Piers in water | 4 |
| Clearance below | 30 feet (9.1 m) |
| Constructed by | Dravo Contracting Company |
| Construction begin | 1925 |
| Construction end | 1930 |
| Opened | 1930 |
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| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°56′30″N 75°11′52″W / 39.94167°N 75.19778°W |
| Built | 1927–1933 |
| Architect | Paul Philippe Cret |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts |
| Governing body | State |
| NRHP Reference # | 94000515[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 26, 1994 |
The University Avenue Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge crossing 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 (163 m) long, 100 feet (30 m) wide, and clears the water by 30 feet (9.1 m).[2]
Built in 1930, the bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 26, 1994.[3]
Gallery
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Beneath the bridge
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West side
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See also
- List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
- List of crossings of the Schuylkill River
References
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
- ↑ "University City Bridge, University City Historical Society". Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ↑ Steffe, Michael J. (1994-04-26). "UNIVERSITY AVENUE BRIDGE Paul Philippe Cret, architect". National Register of Historic Places. National Parks Service. Retrieved 2010-07-10. "The much more recent Passyunk Avenue Bridge, and the University Avenue Bridge remain the only two extant double leaf bascule type drawbridges on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia."
External links
- 1917 drawing of proposed bridge, PhillyHistory.org
- 1929 Photo of unfinished bridge, PhillyHistory.org
- 1929 photo of drawbridge open, PhillyHistory.org
- 1950 photo of bridge, PhillyHistory.org
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-503, "University Avenue Bridge"
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: University Avenue Bridge
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