The Chestnut Street Bridge is a bridge across the Schuylkill River that carries Chestnut Street in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . The original 1861 bridge was "a bridge whose scale and use of cast iron made it singular in the United States and throughout the world". The 1957 bridge, now one way, helps connect West Philadelphia with the rest of the city.
3-407: Chestnut Street Bridge could refer to: Chestnut Street Bridge (Philadelphia) Chestnut Street Bridge (Detroit) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Chestnut Street Bridge . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
6-515: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chestnut_Street_Bridge&oldid=766481108 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Chestnut Street Bridge (Philadelphia) Construction of the first Chestnut Street Bridge, designed by Strickland Kneass , started on 4 September 1861. That bridge cost $ 500,000,
9-524: Was 1,528 feet (466 m) long, and was constructed of cast iron , with approaches and piers of granite. When the bridge formally opened on 23 June 1866, it was the second connection between Center City, Philadelphia and West Philadelphia, after the Market Street Bridge . In 1957, to make way for the Schuylkill Expressway , the western pier of the bridge was removed, and the main spans of
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