Benjamin Franklin Bridge

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The Benjamin Franklin Bridge is a major suspension bridge connecting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden, New Jersey, serving as a key transportation link across the Delaware River.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Benjamin Franklin Bridge canonical 18
Ben Franklin Bridge 1
Delaware River Bridge 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rail bridge ⓘ
road bridge ⓘ
suspension bridge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Benjamin Franklin Bridge ⓘ
surface form: Ben Franklin Bridge
carries PATCO Speedline ⓘ
bicycles ⓘ
motor vehicles ⓘ
pedestrians ⓘ
connects Camden ⓘ
surface form: Camden, New Jersey

Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
constructionStarted 1922 ⓘ
crosses Delaware River ⓘ
formerName Benjamin Franklin Bridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Delaware River Bridge
hasDeckType roadway deck ⓘ
hasDesign suspension ⓘ
hasLanes 7 road lanes ⓘ
hasLighting decorative lighting ⓘ
hasMainSpanLength about 1750 feet ⓘ
hasMaterial steel ⓘ
hasNumberOfMainCables 2 ⓘ
hasNumberOfTowers 2 ⓘ
hasPedestrianWalkway on north side (historically) ⓘ
on south side ⓘ
hasRailLevel central rail tracks ⓘ
hasSidewalks 2 ⓘ
hasToll yes ⓘ
hasTotalLength about 9000 feet ⓘ
isKeyLinkBetween Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
South Jersey ⓘ
locatedIn New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

Pennsylvania ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedInCity Camden ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
maintainedBy Delaware River Port Authority ⓘ
namedAfter Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
opened 1926 ⓘ
openedFor United States Sesquicentennial Exposition ⓘ
openedOn July 1, 1926 ⓘ
owner Delaware River Port Authority ⓘ
partOf U.S. Route 30 ⓘ
spansBetween Center City Philadelphia ⓘ
Camden waterfront ⓘ
surface form: Downtown Camden
tollDirection westbound only ⓘ
usedFor interstate commuting ⓘ
regional transit ⓘ
wasWorldRecord longest suspension bridge span at opening ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Delaware River → crossedBy → Benjamin Franklin Bridge ⓘ
PATCO Speedline → usesBridge → Benjamin Franklin Bridge ⓘ
Camden → hasBridgeConnection → Benjamin Franklin Bridge ⓘ
Penn's Landing → hasViewOf → Benjamin Franklin Bridge ⓘ
Paul Philippe Cret → notableWork → Benjamin Franklin Bridge ⓘ
Race Street Pier → offersViewOf → Benjamin Franklin Bridge ⓘ
Race Street Pier → adjacentTo → Benjamin Franklin Bridge ⓘ
Philadelphia skyline → notableViewpoint → Benjamin Franklin Bridge ⓘ
Pennsylvania and New Jersey → shareTransportationInfrastructure → Benjamin Franklin Bridge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delaware River bridges
Bridge Line → crossed → Benjamin Franklin Bridge ⓘ
Bridge Line → usedInfrastructure → Benjamin Franklin Bridge ⓘ
Bridge Line → namedAfter → Benjamin Franklin Bridge ⓘ
Delaware River Port Authority → operates → Benjamin Franklin Bridge ⓘ
Ralph Modjeski → notableWork → Benjamin Franklin Bridge ⓘ
Benjamin Franklin Bridge → formerName → Benjamin Franklin Bridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delaware River Bridge
Benjamin Franklin Bridge → alsoKnownAs → Benjamin Franklin Bridge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ben Franklin Bridge
Walt Whitman Bridge → parallelTo → Benjamin Franklin Bridge ⓘ
Campbell’s Field (former) → notableView → Benjamin Franklin Bridge ⓘ
subject surface form: Campbell’s Field
Municipal Pier 9 → near → Benjamin Franklin Bridge ⓘ
Penn Treaty Park area → hasView → Benjamin Franklin Bridge ⓘ
Vine Street Expressway → connectsTo → Benjamin Franklin Bridge ⓘ