Market Street Bridge Enhancements

SRDC worked with PennDOT to make 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.

This project cost $870,000 and was funded by PennDOT, FHWA and the City of Philadelphia. Design and engineering for the project was done by KSK Architects Planners Historians, Inc. and Pennoni Associates. The project was completed by Buckley & Co. and Nancy Smith Co.