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Title: Commodore Barry Bridge
Post by: Ian on February 17, 2009, 07:09:40 PM
Okay. This past Sunday, I took a trip down to Wilmington Delaware and then back to Chester and Marcus Hook, PA to get some photos of really neat signals in that area. Now I ended up underneath the Commodore Barry Bridge which carries US 322 from Chester, PA to south New Jersey. When I was under it, I saw some intense construction was going on: they were wither widening it or they were building a new side to it!! Anyone know anything about this??

Thanks!
Title: Re: Commodore Barry Bridge
Post by: Alex on February 17, 2009, 07:16:58 PM
Yes, it should be for the new MLS soccer stadium, where the new Philadelphia franchise will play.
Title: Re: Commodore Barry Bridge
Post by: Alex on February 18, 2009, 05:09:10 PM
Ground broke in December for the 20,000-seat Major League Soccer stadium. The new Philadelphia franchise will begin play in 2010 and is indeed adjacent to the Commodore Barry Bridge.

http://www.kyw1060.com/pages/3412427.php? (http://www.kyw1060.com/pages/3412427.php?)
http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20080228&content_id=140965&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp (http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20080228&content_id=140965&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp)
Title: Re: Commodore Barry Bridge
Post by: Alps on March 14, 2009, 07:23:27 PM
Quote from: froggie on February 18, 2009, 06:15:47 AM
I was on the Commodore Barry Bridge Thursday evening. No sign of construction on the bridge itself.

Given the nature of the main span, it'd kinda be tough to widen it to begin with...

Traffic volumes do not warrant doing anything to this bridge. A great way, by the way, to bypass messes at the Del. Mem. on weekends.
Title: Re: Commodore Barry Bridge
Post by: yanksfan6129 on May 26, 2009, 08:58:27 AM
I heard, I think, that they were building new ramps to access the Philly waterfront.
Title: Re: Commodore Barry Bridge
Post by: njroadhorse on May 26, 2009, 03:20:17 PM
Quote from: yanksfan6129 on May 26, 2009, 08:58:27 AM
I heard, I think, that they were building new ramps to access the Philly waterfront.
I believe that's the plan with the new soccer stadium being built there