These are the five Philadelphia-area bridges that NTSB says will need an assessment: Benjamin Franklin Bridge, built in 1926 Delaware River Turnpike Bridge, built in 1956 Walt Whitman Bridge ...

The National Transportation Safety Board released a list of 68 bridges to be evaluated for coillapse risk after a vessel struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge ... walks you the Philadelphia-area ...

when it ran aground about a mile north of the Ben Franklin Bridge between Penn Treaty Park and Petty’s Island. The vessel left port in Philadelphia around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and was heading to ...

In 2005, Historic Philadelphia took over the maintenance and programming ... by a long concourse because this is where the tracks must diverge to cross the Ben Franklin Bridge. (Emma Lee/WHYY) The ...

Of course Benjamin Franklin wrote his own epitaph ... “Poor Richard” had become a sickly old man preparing for his end in his ...

Two rare, extinct-in-the-wild trees named after Founding Father Benjamin Franklin are on their way to Philadelphia’s Historic ...

Pope Francis wrapped up the visit with Mass on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, part of the World Meeting of Families. See photos of his Philadelphia visit below. Pope Francis celebrates Mass on Sept.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI ... and then was the centerpiece of a celebratory parade along the Ben Franklin Parkway, complete with a 15-minute stop at the Art Museum steps. It will then be taken ...