University Avenue Bridge

University Avenue Bridge

Coordinates	39°56′30″N 75°11′52″W / 39.94167°N 75.19778°W / 39.94167; -75.19778Coordinates: 39°56′30″N 75°11′52″W / 39.94167°N 75.19778°W / 39.94167; -75.19778
Carries	University Avenue
Crosses	Schuylkill River
Locale	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Official name	University Avenue Bridge
Owner	Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, 1961, formerly City of Philadelphia
Maintained by	PennDOT
Characteristics
Design	Beaux-Arts Double leaf bascule bridge
Material	steel, limestone, concrete, bronze
Total length	536 feet (163 m)
Width	100 feet (30 m)
No. of spans	4
Piers in water	4
Clearance below	30 feet (9.1 m)
History
Designer	Paul Philippe Cret, architect, and Stephen H. Noyes, engineer
Constructed by	Dravo Contracting Company
Construction start	1925
Construction end	1930
Opened	1930


University Avenue Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°56′30″N 75°11′52″W / 39.94167°N 75.19778°W / 39.94167; -75.19778
Built	1927–1933
Architect	Paul Philippe Cret
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
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

↑ National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "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 Park 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.

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