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The Walt Whitman Bridge is a single-level suspension bridge spanning the Delaware River from Philadelphia in the west to Gloucester City in Camden County, New Jersey in the east. The bridge is named after American poet and essayist Walt Whitman , who resided in nearby Camden toward the end of his life.
Before the 1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering, New Jersey Route 25 (Route 25), Route 43, and Route 45 ended in the middle of the bridge, and I-76 was signed on the bridge until 1972, when it switched routings with I-676, which until then ran across the Walt Whitman Bridge.
The SS United States, the historic ship docked in Philadelphia for decades, is set to become a large artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico. It is scheduled to be towed away on Friday, Nov. 15.
On August 29, 1972, a swap of I-76 and I-676 in Philadelphia and Camden was approved. I-76 had been routed along the Vine Street Expressway and Ben Franklin Bridge (now I-676) through Center City, while I-676 used the Schuylkill Expressway and Walt Whitman Bridge to bypass downtown to the south.
Walt Whitman Bridge (toll) I-76: Philadelphia and Gloucester City ... Lumberville–Raven Rock Bridge (formerly a road bridge, closed in 1944 to auto traffic, rebuilt ...
Walt Whitman Bridge : 610 m (2,000 ft) 3,652 m (11,982 ft) Suspension Steel truss deck, steel pylons 3+4 lanes 235+610+235: Interstate 76 Delaware River. 1957 ...
Workers recently removed the ship's mast and radar array, granting just enough space - about five to 10 feet of clearance - to squeeze the vessel under the Walt Whitman Bridge on its way down the ...
In 1974 and 1990, the Ben Franklin Bridge and the Walt Whitman Bridge carried their one-billionth vehicles. [2] In 2011, DRPA ceased operating the Philadelphia Cruise Terminal. [3] In 2015, DRPA sold the RiverLink Ferry to the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation and the Cooper's Ferry Partnership. [4]