Vine Street Expressway Bridge
| Vine Street Expressway Bridge | |
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Vine Street Expressway Bridge, looking upstream, with the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the background | |
| Coordinates | 39°57′37″N 75°10′48″W / 39.9602°N 75.1800°WCoordinates: 39°57′37″N 75°10′48″W / 39.9602°N 75.1800°W |
| Carries |
  I-676 / US 30 (Vine Street Expressway) |
| Crosses | Schuylkill River,* Schuylkill River Trail, CSX Transportation tracks, North 24th Street ramp to East I-676/US 30 |
| Locale | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Official name | Vine Street Expressway Bridge |
| Owner | Pennsylvania Department of Transportation |
| Maintained by | PennDOT |
| ID number | 670676000206220 |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | girder and floorbeam system |
| Material | steel |
| Total length | 887.2 feet |
| Width | 83 feet |
| Number of spans | 3 |
| Piers in water | 2 |
| History | |
| Constructed by | PennDOT |
| Construction end | 1959 |
| Opened | 1959, reconstructed 1989 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 54,115 daily in 2008 |
The Vine Street Expressway Bridge was built in 1959 and reconstructed 1989 by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. It carries Interstate 676 (Vine Street Expressway) over the Schuylkill River, CSX Transportation tracks, and a North 24th Street ramp, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1]
Vine Street Expressway, looking west across the bridge.
See also
References
- ↑ "Vine Street Expressway bridge". Historic Bridges of the United States. James Baughn. 2010-08-15. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
Vine Street Expressway (I-676/US 30) westbound feeds into ramp for the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76) eastbound and JFK Boulevard exit at 30th Street, and into (I-76) westbound. (NBI 670676000206220)
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