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Crosses
  
Schuylkill River

Opened
  
1973

Construction started
  
1968

Bridge type
  
Cantilever bridge

Clearance below
  
41 m

Total length
  
1,500 m

Location
  
Philadelphia

Girard Point Bridge

Carries
  
Six lanes of I-95 (three upper, three lower)

Locale
  
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Maintained by
  
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Design
  
Double-decked cantilever bridge

Construction begin
  
1968; 49 years ago (1968)

Address
  
Philadelphia, PA 19153, USA

Similar
  
George C Platt Bridge, Schuylkill River, Walt Whitman Bridge, Betsy Ross Bridge, Girard Avenue Bridge

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The Girard Point Bridge is a double-decked cantilever bridge carrying Interstate 95 across the Schuylkill River in the American city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The bridge was opened in 1973. It is the last crossing of the Schuylkill River, which empties into the Delaware River less than half a mile downstream.

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Construction and renovation in 2010 and 2011

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation selected Buckley and Co. as the main contractor and a joint venture between Alpha-Liberty Painting as the paint contractor. The bridge deck was milled and a new surface was poured and the structural steel is being painted in order to extend the life of the steel. Work finished in the fall of 2011, but restarted in 2012 for expansion-joint replacement.

In the 2012 version of the Need for Speed: Most Wanted video game, there is a similar-style bridge but it was changed to resemble the Queensboro Bridge in New York City, New York and the old eastern span of Oakland Bay Bridge and is re-painted to look like Outerbridge Crossing.

Used in the beginning of Rocky 2. It is part of the route take by Rocky's ambulance after his first fight with Apollo.

References

Girard Point Bridge Wikipedia