West River Drive Bridge

West River Drive Bridge
The lower bridge is the West River Drive Bridge, seen from the Art Museum Drive.
Coordinates	39°57′52″N 75°11′02″W / 39.96449°N 75.18389°W / 39.96449; -75.18389Coordinates: 39°57′52″N 75°11′02″W / 39.96449°N 75.18389°W / 39.96449; -75.18389
Carries	West River Drive
Crosses	Schuylkill River, Schuylkill River Trail
Locale	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Official name	West River Drive Bridge
Other name(s)	Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive Bridge
Owner	Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Maintained by	PennDOT
ID number	677301025000120
Characteristics
Design	girder
Material	Steel, concrete
Total length	701.1 feet
Width	36.1 feet
No. of spans	3
Piers in water	2
History
Opened	1966
Location

The West River Drive Bridge is a steel girder bridge built in 1966 over the Schuylkill River on West River Drive (since renamed Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation owns and maintains the bridge.^[1] The western end of this bridge is upstream from the western end of the Spring Garden Street Bridge, but the eastern end of this bridge is downstream from the eastern end of the Spring Garden Street Bridge.

Gallery[]

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  West River Drive Bridge, looking west.

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  As viewed from a kayak on the Schuylkill River. The West River Drive Bridge is the lower of the two.

See also[]

• List of crossings of the Schuylkill River

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