Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Philadelphia

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385 ft

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Benjamin Franklin Bridge

I-676 / Delaware River
Philadelphia PA United States

Status:	built
Construction Dates
Finished	1926

Building Uses

- transportation

Structural Types

- bridge

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Description
• Chief engineer: Rudolphe Modjeski
• Design engineer: Leon Moisseiff
• Supervising architect: Paul Philippe Cret
• World's tallest bridge by pylon height till Ambassador bridge was built in 1929

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