{"id":241272,"date":"2026-07-11T23:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T23:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/241272\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T23:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T23:20:07","slug":"watch-thousands-visit-ben-franklin-bridge-for-100th-birthday-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/241272\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Thousands visit Ben Franklin Bridge for 100th birthday celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">CAMDEN, New Jersey &amp; PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) &#8212; Visitors brought a century of memories with them as they walked across the Ben Franklin Bridge for its 100th birthday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) closed the bridge to vehicle traffic and invited pedestrians for a morning of festivities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Mayors Cherelle Parker and Victor Carstarphen provided passionate remarks on the New Jersey side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">On the Pennsylvania side, The Polish Heritage Society of Philadelphia laid a wreath in memory of the bridge&#8217;s chief engineer, Ralph Modjeski.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Families could also experience food trucks, local vendors, and discover artifacts and photos of the bridge&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Watch the video above to hear anecdotes from visitors and a history of the bridge itself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/videoClip\/19450052\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RELATED: America 250: Watch history come to life on Independence Mall<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From History Makers to musical performers, watch this illustration of America&#8217;s 250th birthday unfold on Independence Mall.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAMDEN, New Jersey &amp; PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) &#8212; Visitors brought a century of memories with them as they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[103586,103587,52043,12021,114,7980,2359,1137,915,69,71,70,7143],"class_list":["post-241272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-100th","tag-103587","tag-across","tag-ben-franklin-bridge","tag-birthday","tag-camden","tag-celebration","tag-festival","tag-new-jersey","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-walk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}