On Saturday, July 11, West Jersey Chapter had a sales table at the Benjamin Franklin Bridge 100th Anniversary Celebration on the Camden side of the bridge. The bridge was closed to vehicular traffic from 8:30 a. m. to 4:00 p. m., and visitors could cross the bridge on foot in the vehicular lanes. Originally named the Delaware River Bridge, the bridge was opened to traffic on July 1, 1926. It was designed to carry vehicular, trolley, and rapid transit trains over the Delaware River between Camden and Philadelphia, but was initially used only by the former. The Delaware River Joint Commission began operating rapid transit trains over the bridge between 8th & Market in Philadelphia and Broadway in Camden on June 7, 1936. The Delaware River Port Authority extended the line to Lindenwold, which opened as PATCO between Lindenwold and Camden on January 4, 1969, and to Philadelphia on February 15, 1969. WJC’s book The Lindenwold Hi-Speed Line was a best seller at this event. If you wish to learn more about PATCO’s construction and its first twenty years of operation, this book is also available through WJC’s online Store. Photos by John Burlage and Michael Burshtin.