The Delaware River Bridge was the worlds longest suspension span from 1926 until 1929.  In 1955 it was renamed for Philadelphia's most famous citizen.  This year, to celebrate its centennial, the roadway was opened to pedestrians for one day in Ju...

High above the Delaware River, a crowd enjoying the bridge's 100th birthday walk.  Teh viewpoint is just barely inside New Jersey.

To Celebarate the 100th anniversay of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, its roadway was opened to pedestrians for the first time since 1926.  Here, a crowd of Philadelphians starts the 1.5 mile trek to Camden.  Behind us is Isamu Noguchi's sculpture "...

A crowd of Philadelphians approaching Camden, NJ through the East Tower of our 100 year old suspension bridge, while a crowd of New Jersyans heads the other way.

Celebrants of the centennial of the Ben Franklin Bridge were invited to walk from Philadelphia to Camden, or vice-versa, in the motorway, something our ancestors did when it opened in 1926 as the Delaware River Bridge.  This is the long ramp that ...