Wissahickon Memorial Bridge
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The Wissahickon Memorial Bridge, originally called and still also known as the Henry Avenue Bridge, is a stone and concrete bridge that carries Henry Avenue over Wissahickon Creek and Lincoln Drive in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Wissahickon Memorial Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 40°01′26″N 75°11′46″W |
Crosses | Wissahickon Creek |
Locale | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Maintained by | City of Philadelphia |
Characteristics | |
Total length | 333 feet (101 m) |
Width | 60 feet (18 m) |
Height | 170 feet (52 m) |
Longest span | 288 feet (88 m) |
History | |
Construction cost | $1,648,775 |
Opened | May 1932 |
Wissahickon Memorial Bridge | |
Location | Henry Avenue over Wissahickon Creek and Lincoln Drive Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Coordinates | 40°1′27″N 75°11′46″W |
Built | 1931 |
Architect | Paul Philippe Cret, Ralph Modjeski |
MPS | Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR |
NRHP reference No. | 88000807[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 22, 1988 |
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