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Bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
MLK Drive Bridge
The lower bridge is the West River Drive Bridge, seen from the Art Museum Drive.
The MLK Drive Bridge is a steel girder bridge built in 1966 over the Schuylkill River on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive (formerly known as West River Drive) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation owns and maintains the bridge. 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.
The bridge is currently closed to all traffic as it undergoes a reconstruction project which is expected to be completed in 2025. The bridge's rehabilitation includes expanding the width at street level, providing space for a dedicated bicycle and pedestrian lane which will connect to the MLK Drive trail; the $20.1 million project was funded by the Bridge Formula Program grant included in the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed into law by President Joe Biden.
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MLK Drive Bridge, looking west.
As viewed from a kayak on the Schuylkill River. The MLK Drive Bridge is the lower of the two.
"West River Drive Bridge". Historic Bridges of the United States. James Baughn. 2010-07-26. Archived from the original on 9 Nov 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
The lower bridge is the West River Drive Bridge, seen from the Art Museum Drive.
MLK Drive Bridge, looking west.
As viewed from a kayak on the Schuylkill River. The MLK Drive Bridge is the lower of the two.
