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Walt Whitman Bridge

Bridge Director: Daniel Auletto
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(215)218-3700

Owned by the Delaware River Port Authority, construction began for the Walt Whitman Bridge August 1953. Opened to traffic May 16, 1957. River/waterway crossing the Delaware River. Location: Gloucester NJ/Philadelphia PA. Width (out to out): 92 feet -2 inches. Travel width (curb to curb): 79 feet. Number of lanes is 7. The bridge does not have railroad/transit tracks. Length (abutment to abutment ): 11,981 feet. Navigable channel width: 800 feet. Navigable channel depth: 40 feet. 

Foundation type: caisson (main piers), and piles (approach piers). Type of connection: weld (shop) and bolt (field). Roadway surface: asphalt. Type of paint: urethane alkyd. Structural steel weight: 57,674 tons.