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the benjamin franklin bridge
the benjamin franklin bridge originally named the delaware river bridge was constructed to connect the cities of philadelphia pennsylvania and camden new jersey . for a time after its opening on july 1 1926 it was the longest suspension bridge in the world with a main span of 1 750 feet . the benjamin franklin bridge contains many rarely seen images of the bridges planning and construction the individuals who helped make the concept of the bridge a reality and the workers who built it . the bridge has undergone many changes in the decades since its opening and these vintage photographs trace its evolution illustrating the bridges endurance as a symbol of the philadelphia camden metropolitan area .
paperback arcadia publishing sc 2009 isbn13 9780738562582 isbn10 0738562580
abridged n isbn 13 9780738562582 number in series 1 number of pages 127 publisher arcadia pub release date 62135769600000 series title images of america