Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-04


statistics. the bridge is replete in di-
mansions in which it surpasses others
OF It's kind. Its well known prototypes
are the Brooklyn and Williamsburg
bridges. but, colossal as they are, they
fall short of approaching the new
Philadelphia Camden structure, which
Is $500 feet long, equivalent to 1872
miles The Williamsburg Bridge is
1908 feet long, and the one connect
ing Brooklyn with the metropolis
6,0l6 feet from end to end
Giant Suspension Span.
In the suspension span itself the
new bridge eXcels all others. The
length Of this great stretch. hung
from steel cables. is $50 feet vii.
iiamsburg Bridge has 800 feet Of it's
length suspended and Brooklyn
Bridge 1,595 feet. The new structure
is 1875 feet above the water. feet
more than the Brooklyn Bridge and
the same height as Williamsburg
This means that any ship that can
enter New York Harbor can pass un-
der the Philadelphia Camden Bridge
OF special interest to motorists is
the fact that 5000 automobiles an
hour can move across the new bridge
without crowding. Since from Cam
cutting across New Jersey to Alta ntic
City. the bridge will connect with one
of the most heavily travelled highways
in the East.
1t is not unusual for 80 900 motor
cars to be ferried across the Delaware
River on Sundays and holidays and
for motorists TO wait in line two hours
for their turn on the boats. The
bridge was built to cope with this tire
mendously heavy traffic. but traffic ex-
perts who have studied the situation
are of the opinion that it will make
II possible for still more thousands TO
cross the river, and that the conges-
ton will be as great as ever.
The fact that great numbers of mo-
tor owners now can drive to the Jer.
sey shore resorts, which they had re.
Trained from doing heretofore, is
viewed as being enough to make the
bridge decidedly worth while.
The new bridge has been pia nned
with definite view to the future. as
we'll as to expeditinS traffic movement
and making the structure safe for all
users. The main roadway 81 feet
wide, will be used by all private We.
hicles and by transportation buses.
I This roadway is wide enough to &C
| commodate three lines of traffic in
DOlTl ulTeCtlOnS.
Provision has been made for cleo
trio lines. although the bridge is open
with none of these in use. Two lines
of tracks are on either side of the
vehicular roadway. One will carry
trolley cars. the other will he used by
high-speed electric trains direct from
Philadelphia to south Jersey commut.
ing towns. or by an extension of the
Philadelphia subway-elevated lines TO
Camden, modelled on the jersey City
tubes.
Street Approaches Improved.
The two cities connected by the new
bridge have accepted the principle
| recognized by traffic experts that the
usefulness of bridge depends largely
on the streets which feed 1t with
traffic. New Jersey is spending 5000.
| 900 on roads. and Camden is widening
several streets and has opened other
thoroughfares. Philadelphia is max
| ing it's plans. which have awaited the
opening of the structure to become
| effective.
Complete separation of pedestrian
and vehicular traffic marks the plan
| for the new structure across the Del
aware. Pedestrians are not allowed
on the main roadway; instead they
must use an elevated walk over the
| inside trolley lines.
| 4 special service for pedestrians is
offered hV elevators in towers SiH1atad