Benjamin Franklin Bridge

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Benjamin Franklin Bridge
Benjamin Franklin Bridge at sunset in February 2023
Coordinates	39°57′11″N 75°08′02″W / 39.953°N 75.134°W / 39.953; -75.134
Carries	7 lanes of I-676 / US 30, 2 PATCO railroad tracks, and 2 sidewalks
Crosses	Delaware River
Locale	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Camden, New Jersey
Official name	Benjamin Franklin Bridge
Other name(s)	Ben Franklin Bridge
Maintained by	Delaware River Port Authority of Pennsylvania and New Jersey
ID number	4500010
Characteristics
Design	Steel suspension bridge
Total length	9,650 feet (2,940 m)
Width	128 feet (39 m)
Height	385 feet (117 m)
Longest span	1,750 feet (530 m)
Clearance above	135 feet (41 m)
Clearance below	41.19 feet (12.55 m)
History
Construction cost	$37,103,765[1]
Opened	July 1, 1926; 97 years ago (1926-07-01)
Statistics
Daily traffic	100,000
Toll	Cars $5.00; trucks over 7,000 lbs $7.50/axle; buses $3.75/axle (westbound) (E-ZPass)
Philadelphia Register of Historic Places
Official name	Benjamin Franklin Bridge over the Delaware River
Designated	December 12, 2003[2]
Location

The Benjamin Franklin Bridge, originally named the Delaware River Bridge and known locally as the Ben Franklin Bridge, is a suspension bridge across the Delaware River connecting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden, New Jersey. Owned and operated by the Delaware River Port Authority, it is one of four primary vehicular bridges between Philadelphia and southern New Jersey, along with the Betsy Ross, Walt Whitman, and Tacony-Palmyra bridges. It carries Interstate 676/U.S. Route 30, pedestrians/cyclists, and the PATCO Speedline.

The bridge was dedicated as part of the 1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence. From 1926 to 1929, it had the longest single span of any suspension bridge in the world.