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Ben Franklin getting new suspenders over the Delaware
Sixty ironworkers juggle safety above the Philadelphia Camden span to replace 596 suspender ropes on the Ben Franklin Bridge. The $68 million, three year project aims to finish in 1982 with ropes lasting about 50 years. Workers ascend cables by rope, elevator or scaffolds as traffic shifts around them and wind and ice curb progress.
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Bruce Dallas
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Ben Franklin
Camden
Atlantic
Robert Crouse
Swedesboro
1 & Mie
John Dobroski
Amercan Bridge Co
Fairless Hills
U.S Steel
Wiliam Lynch
Delaware Port Authority
Lynch
Crouse