Girard Point Bridge Improvement Project

Project Description

The I-95 Girard Point Bridge is a double-decked cantilevered truss bridge that is nearly a mile long (5,183 feet) and built in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The purpose of the I-95 Girard Point Bridge Improvement Project is to ensure that this bridge, which is an essential transportation facility for the Philadelphia metropolitan region, continues to provide a safe and reliable crossing over the Schuylkill River, and to improve the adjacent approach structures and pavement between Island Avenue and the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The project is intended to provide a smoother driving experience, enhanced safety, improved access to the adjacent Philadelphia International Airport and Navy Yard, and to keep the bridge in sound structural condition.

The corridor crosses over state and local highways as well as the Schuylkill River and carries an average of 148,500 vehicles per day, about 6 percent of which is truck traffic.

The transportation improvement project will include approach roadway pavement repairs; concrete substructure repairs; installation of river pier protections; structural steel repairs and evaluations of fatigue repair performance; bridge superstructure painting; expansion dam replacements and drainage systems repairs; Latex-Modified Concrete (LMC) deck overlays; and other miscellaneous bridge repairs.

This bridge was previously part of the department's Major Bridge Public-Private Partnership. The project scope and available funding for the bridge are being reviewed as part of our 2025 12-Year Program Update to determine a path forward.