Tacony–Palmyra Bridge
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The Tacony–Palmyra Bridge is a combination steel tied-arch and double-leaf bascule bridge across the Delaware River that connects New Jersey Route 73 in Palmyra, New Jersey with Pennsylvania Route 73
Bridge as seen from the New Jersey shoreline
View from the roadway of the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge, across the upper Delaware River from Palmyra, New Jersey to Tacony section of Philadelphia with drawbridge signs
The Tacony–Palmyra Bridge, seen from New Jersey
The bulk carrier, Bufflehead, passes through the drawbridge span.
Ralph Modjeski
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Ralph Modjeski was a Polish-American civil engineer who achieved prominence as "America's greatest bridge builder."
Tacony–Palmyra Bridge
…Jersey Route 73 in Palmyra, New Jersey with Pennsylvania Route 73 in the Tacony section of Philadelphia. The bridge, designed by Polish-born architect Ralph Modjeski, has a total length of 3,659 feet (1,115 m) and spans 2,324 feet (708 m). After one and a half years of construction, it opened on August 14, 1929…
Modjeski in 1931
Ralph Modjeski, 1914
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