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The Betsy Ross Bridge is a continuous steel truss bridge spanning the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Pennsauken, New Jersey. It was built from 1969 to 1974, and opened in April 1976, during the American Bicentennial Year.
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I-95 northbound at the Betsy Ross Bridge/Aramingo Avenue interchange in Northeast Philadelphia. This project, split into six phases, included widening and reconstructing I-95 and its bridges from Wheatsheaf Lane through the Betsy Ross Bridge interchange to Margaret Street.
Just as New Jersey commuters braced for the annual increase in NJ Transit fare, drivers crossing the Ben Franklin Bridge, Betsy Ross Bridge, Commodore Barry Bridge or the Walt Whitman Bridge to ...
In 1955, the existing bridge was renamed Benjamin Franklin Bridge, while the name Walt Whitman Bridge was approved for the new bridge that would open in 1957. By 1966, two more bridges were approved: the Commodore Barry Bridge (opened February 1, 1974) and the Betsy Ross Bridge (opened April 30, 1976). In 1974 and 1990, the Ben Franklin Bridge ...
All lanes of the highway are shut down for about 10 miles between Academy Avenue (exit 32) to the north and the Betsy Ross Bridge (exit 26) to the south, state transportation officials said.
In 1976, the Betsy Ross Bridge opened to traffic, with ramps to connect to the Pulaski Expressway. [11] The Pulaski Expressway was canceled by 1980 due to community opposition and financial troubles. [12] Vestiges of this extension can be seen from Interstate 95 in the form of stub ramps and the mainline coming to an abrupt end as a barricaded ...
Tombstones from Monument Cemetery were used as riprap during the construction of the Betsy Ross Bridge and can be seen from the shore of the Delaware River at low tide. Burials stopped by the late 1920s, and by the early 1950s the cemetery had fallen into disrepair. The cemetery suffered from crime and vandalism and became infested with rats. [2]