Falls Bridge at Twilight

The Falls Bridge has saved me countless hours over the years from the traffic nightmare on 76. This evening, I took the time to photograph the bridge knowing that it has some nice lighting which would look great reflecting against the river and the looming clouds. Below are the results but first a little background on the bridge.

The Falls Bridge is a steel Pratt truss bridge that connects Kelly Drive at Calumet Street with Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. The 556-foot-long (169 m) bridge was built in 1894–1895 at a cost of $262,000 by Filbert Porter & Co. under the direction of Chief Engineer George Smedley Webster (1855–1931) of the Philadelphia Department of Public Works and James H. Windrim, director of the Department of Public Works.

The bridge was designed as a double-decker bridge, but the upper deck was never built for lack of funds. The bridge carries two lanes of vehicular traffic on a 26-ft-wide roadway, with 7-ft sidewalks on either side, for a total width of 40 ft. In 2007, blue LED lights were added to highlight the bridge at night. Reference

Enjoy the journey...ADP