A bridge to art …

… The art museum that's also a bridge | PhillyVoice.

The Ben Franklin Bridge has more to see than just traffic.

It was the longest suspension bridge in the world at 1,750 feet when it opened on July 1, 1926, according to Mike Howard, principal engineer for the bridge, who with his wife Maureen co-authored “The Benjamin Franklin Bridge,” a photographic history in the “Images of America” series from Arcadia Publishers. (In 1929, Howard said Detroit's Ambassador Bridge surpassed the Ben Franklin Bridge by 100 feet.)