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Susquehanna River Bridge
Coordinates	40°12′15″N 76°48′18″W / 40.20417°N 76.80500°W / 40.20417; -76.80500
Carries	6 lanes of I-76 / Penna Turnpike
Crosses	Susquehanna River
Locale	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Maintained by	Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Characteristics
Design	1950 bridge: steel plate girder bridge; 2007 bridge: concrete segmental bridge
Total length	4,526 feet
History
Opened	old bridge: 1950; new bridge: 2007
Statistics
Toll	Fares dictated by Pennsylvania Turnpike (E-ZPass)
Location

The Susquehanna River Bridge carries Interstate 76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike) across the Susquehanna River between Dauphin and York County near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

History

The original structure was built as a steel girder bridge with concrete piers. The steel was provided from a plant operated by Bethlehem Steel, directly adjacent to the turnpike in Steelton, Pennsylvania. It was opened to traffic in 1950.

On November 16, 2004, the Turnpike Commission let a contract for a bridge to replace the 1950 span. Two new 3-lane segmental, concrete signature spans were constructed just upriver from the old 4 lane span. The new span was the first of its type built in Pennsylvania at a cost of nearly $100 million . The westbound span opened on May 17, 2007, and the eastbound span was opened on June 17, 2007. The new roadway and bridges opened to normal traffic flow in the summer of 2008. The old span was demolished on August 22, 2007.

See also

• List of crossings of the Susquehanna River

References

1. Harrisburg Area Riverboat Society (November 29, 2006). "Bridges on the Susquehanna River". harrisburgriverboat.com. Archived from the original on December 16, 2006. Retrieved November 29, 2006.
2. "Susquehanna River Bridge Project - Project Overview". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved July 11, 2007.
3. Chris A. Courogen (August 22, 2007). "Turnpike flow resumes after demolition". The Patriot-News. Retrieved September 22, 2016.

External links

• Susquehanna River Bridge project web site

Bridges of the Susquehanna River
Upstream John Harris Bridge Susquehanna River Bridge Downstream Shocks Mills Bridge Norfolk Southern Railway

v t e Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Completed highways	Mainline Turnpike (I-70, I-76, I-95, I-276) Northeast Extension (I-476) James E. Ross Highway (I-376) Amos K. Hutchinson Bypass (Turnpike 66)
Partially completed highways	I-95 Connector Mon–Fayette Expressway (Turnpike 43) Southern Beltway (Turnpike 576)
Tunnels and bridges	Allegheny Mountain Tunnel Allegheny River Bridge Beaver River Bridge Blue Mountain Tunnel Delaware River Bridge Kittatinny Mountain Tunnel Lehigh Tunnel Mingo Creek Viaduct Mon–Fayette Expressway Bridge Schuylkill River Bridge Susquehanna River Bridge Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel
Aborted expansion plans	Chester Extension Erie Extension Gettysburg Extension Keystone Shortway Northwest & Southwest Extension Philadelphia Loop Extension Scranton Extension
Historical structures	Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike Rays Hill Tunnel Sideling Hill Tunnel Laurel Hill Tunnel South Pennsylvania Railroad Negro Mountain Tunnel Quemahoning Tunnel
Tolling systems	E-ZPass Cashless Tolling

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