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
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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
The Rocky Steps are 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
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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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.96448° or 39° 57′ 52″ northLongitude
-75.18354° or 75° 11′ 1″ westOpen location code
87F6XR78+QHOpenStreetMap ID
way 654873971OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata 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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