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Twin Bridges | |
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 The bridges in 2023, looking south | |
| Coordinates | 40°00′24″N75°11′34″W / 40.0067°N 75.1929°W /40.0067; -75.1929 |
| Carries |  US 1 (Roosevelt Expressway) |
| Crosses | Schuylkill River |
| Locale | Fairmount Park,Philadelphia |
| Official name | Twin Bridges |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Steel plate girder |
| History | |
| Opened | 1960 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 109,000 (2010) |
| Toll | none |
| Location | |
 Interactive map of Twin Bridges | |
TheTwin Bridges are a pair of steel-plate girder bridges that span theSchuylkill River inFairmount Park inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania. They carry northbound and southbound traffic onUS 1 (Roosevelt Expressway) just north of its intersection withInterstate 76.
The northbound bridge has 11 spans and is 1,921 feet long, while the southbound bridge has 12 spans and is 1,990 feet long. The bridges were built in 1960 and partially rebuilt (redecked) in 1985 and again in 2010. Each bridge carries three lanes of traffic.
The bridges span the Schuylkill River, Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, Kelly Drive, Ridge Avenue, ramps to and from Ridge Avenue, and railroad tracks, including thePhiladelphia & Reading Railroad Schuylkill River Viaduct.
The bridges' design was awarded a Certificate of Award Class II (Honorable Mention) by the American Institute of Steel Construction, who designated it one of "America's Most Beautiful Bridges".[1]
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