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Betsy Ross Bridge
The
Betsy Ross Bridge
, also known as the
Ross Memorial Bridge
is a
continuous steel truss bridge
spanning the
Delaware River
from the
City of Philadelphia
in
Pennsylvania
to
Pennsauken, New Jersey
. Built from 1969 to 1974, and opened in April 1976, during the American Bicentennial Year, it was originally planned to be named as the "
Delair Bridge
", after a paralleling
vertical lift bridge
owned by
Pennsylvania Railroad
(which is now used by
Conrail
and
New Jersey Transit
's
Atlantic City Line
), but was instead later named for
Betsy Ross
, a Philadelphia seamstress and reputed creator of the
first American flag
in 1776, making it the first automotive bridge named for a woman in America and the second bridge overall (after
Iowa
's Boone High Bridge was renamed the
Kate Shelley High Bridge
in 1912).
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