MLK Drive Bridge

The MLK Drive Bridge is a steel girder bridge built in 1966 over the Schuylkill River on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation owns and maintains the bridge.

Type: Bridge
Description: bridge in United States of America
Also known as: “West River Drive Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Philadelphia Museum of Art and Rocky Steps.

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at Eakins Oval. Philadelphia Museum of Art is situated 830 feet northeast of MLK Drive Bridge.

Rocky Steps

Photo: su1droot, CC BY 2.0.

The Rocky Steps is an informal name to the 72 stone steps leading up to the East entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia that gained global fame after being featured in a notable scene from the 1976 film Rocky. Rocky Steps is situated 980 feet east of MLK Drive Bridge.

Spring Garden Street Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Emy111, Public domain.

Spring Garden Street Bridge is a highway bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It crosses the Schuylkill River below Fairmount Dam and connects West Philadelphia to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Spring Garden Street Bridge is situated 390 feet southwest of MLK Drive Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mantua and Fairmount.

Mantua

Neighborhood

Photo: Roesluna, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mantua is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located north of Spring Garden Street, east of 40th Street, south of Mantua Avenue, and west of 31st Street.

Fairmount

Neighborhood

Photo: goosegoddesss, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fairmount is a neighborhood within Lower North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Its boundaries are north of Fairmount Avenue, west of Corinthian Avenue, south of Girard Avenue and east of The Schuylkill River.

Powelton Village

Neighborhood

Photo: MikeJones133, Public domain.

Powelton Village is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It consists of mostly Victorian and twin style homes.

MLK Drive Bridge

Categories: road bridge and transportation
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.96448° or 39° 57′ 52″ north

Longitude

-75.18354° or 75° 11′ 1″ west

Open location code

87F6XR78+QH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 654873971

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

Wikidata ID

Q7986375

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“MLK Drive Bridge” goes by many names.

Dutch: “West River Drive Bridge”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Esplanade and South Garden, Fairmount Water Works.

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