University Avenue Bridge
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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) |
Number of spans | 4 |
Piers in water | 4 |
Clearance below | 30 feet (9.1 m) |
History | |
Designer | Paul Phillippe Cret, architect, and Stephen H. Noyes, engineer |
Constructed by | Dravo Contracting Company |
Construction begin | 1925 |
Construction end | 1930 |
Opened | 1930 |
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Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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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]
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Gallery
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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
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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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- Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Bascule bridges in the United States
- Bridges over the Schuylkill River
- Road bridges in Pennsylvania
- Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
- South Philadelphia
- West Philadelphia