Girard Point Bridge

Girard Point Bridge
Girard Point Bridge and Basin Bridge in foreground (1995)
Coordinates	39°53′33″N 75°11′49″W / 39.8925°N 75.197°W / 39.8925; -75.197
Carries	6 lanes (3 upper, 3 lower) of I-95
Crosses	Schuylkill River
Locale	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Maintained by	Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Characteristics
Design	Double-decked through cantilevered truss bridge
Total length	9,090 ft (2,770 m)
Longest span	705 ft (215 m)
History
Construction start	1968; 56 years ago (1968)
Construction end	1973; 51 years ago (1973)[1]
Statistics
Toll	None
Location

The Girard Point Bridge is a double-decked cantilevered truss bridge carrying Interstate 95 across the Schuylkill River in the American city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The bridge was opened in 1973.^[2] It is the last crossing of the Schuylkill River, which empties into the Delaware River less than half a mile downstream. It is crossed by an average of 148,500 vehicles per day, including 6% truck traffic.

This section needs expansion with: information on original construction details, including cost, etc.. You can help by adding to it. (May 2014)

• A bridge similar to this appears in Need for Speed: Most Wanted , except it is designed to resemble the Tobin Bridge in Boston and the Brent Spence Bridge in Ohio

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation selected Buckley and Co. as the main contractor and a joint venture between Alpha-Liberty Painting as the paint contractor. The bridge deck was milled and a new surface was poured and the structural steel was painted in order to extend the life of the steel. Work finished in the fall of 2011, but restarted in 2012 for expansion-joint replacement.^[3]

• List of crossings of the Delaware River
• List of crossings of the Schuylkill River
• Transportation in Pennsylvania

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