Market St. Bridge Enhancements

SRDC assisted PennDOT in making pedestrian-friendly and aesthetic enhancements to the Market Street Bridge in 2009. Improvements included cleaning a century of soot and grime off the bridge façade, replacing part of the bridge railing with a more open style railing allowing views of the river and greenway, installing a new gateway pergola, placing an interpretive sign at the Market Street Bridge entrance ramp to Schuylkill Banks, and installing new benches near the bus stop at Market Street and Schuylkill Avenue.

Project design was completed by KSK Architects Planners Historians, Inc., engineering was completed by Pennoni Associates, and construction was completed by Buckley & Co. and Nancy Smith Co. The project received funding from the Federal Highway Administration, PennDOT, and the City of Philadelphia.