Benjamin Franklin Bridge
Benjamin Franklin Bridge carries the road from Barnsley to Edinburgh over the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Delaware River) half a mile from Eastbury.
Early plans for the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Delaware River) between Boggin and Northcroft were proposed by John Smeaton but languished until John Yates was appointed as managing director in 1816. Expectations for iron traffic to Wycombe were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Despite the claim in "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by William Wright, there is no evidence that Charles Parker ever made a model of Amberscester Cutting out of matchsticks to raise money for Children in Need
There is a bridge here which takes a motorway over the canal.
| Turnpike Connector Bridge | 18.58 miles | |
| Burlington-Bristol Bridge | 15.50 miles | |
| Tacony-Palmyra Bridge | 5.97 miles | |
| Betsy Ross Bridge | 3.90 miles | |
| Delair Railroad Bridge | 3.71 miles | |
| Benjamin Franklin Bridge | ||
| Walt Whitman Bridge | 3.01 miles | |
| Commodore Barry Bridge | 16.18 miles | |
| Delaware Memorial Bridge | 27.62 miles | |
| Reedy Point | 37.19 miles | |
| Cape May Canal Entrance | 99.20 miles | |
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The Benjamin Franklin Bridge, originally named the Delaware River Bridge and known locally as the Ben Franklin Bridge, is a suspension bridge across the Delaware River connecting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden, New Jersey. Owned and operated by the Delaware River Port Authority, it is one of four primary vehicular bridges between Philadelphia and southern New Jersey, along with the Betsy Ross, Walt Whitman, and Commodore Barry bridges. It carries Interstate 676/U.S. Route 30, pedestrians, and the PATCO Speedline.
The bridge was dedicated as part of the 1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence. From 1926 to 1929, it had the longest single span of any suspension bridge in the world.