CHANYA DURANT

Ben Franklin Bridge

PICTURES ! : ))

HOW MANY PEOPLE DIED

I did my research and nobody died in the process of building The

Ben Franklin bridge .

HOW LONG IT TOOK TO

BUILD IT

The Ben Franklin bridge was finished in 1926. It took four years to

build the Ben Franklin bridge , they started in 1922 jan.6 and finished

july 1st 1926.

HOW MUCH DID IT COST

The cost to build the Ben Franklin bridge not including the

improvements $37,103,765.42.

THE MOTIVATION

In planning Philadelphia, William Penn was motivated in part by

the London fire of 1666, where the intensity of development

contributed to the severity of the conflagration.

STRUCTURAL ISSUES

At the Philadelphia end of the bridge, pedestrians and bicyclists can

walk up gradually sloping ramps. The New Jersey side, though, is tougher:

The south walkway ends in a steep staircase of 39 steps, and the north

walkway has a narrow 42-inch-wide "cattle chute" leading to stairs.

Without a ramp, the bridge walkways remain inaccessible to the

handicapped.

BRIEF HISTORY

First official name name: Delaware River Bridge. Officially became

the Ben Franklin Bridge at its dedication in 1956.

Bridge was opened to traffic at midnight on July 1, 1926. President

Calvin Coolidge officially dedicated the bridge on July 5, 1926.

For three years it was the longest suspension bridge in the world. It

was beaten by 100 feet when the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit

opened in 1929.

OTHER INTERESTING

FACTS

One of the most amazing facts about the Ben Franklin Bridge is

that when the bridge opened, there were no posted speed limits.

Drivers were expected to just use their common sense.

REFRENCES

http://thephilanews.com/85th-birthday-of-the-benjamin-franklin-

bridge-19378.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Bridge