{Field Trip} Crossing Ben Franklin Bridge

We had been wanting to do this walk for ages and finally looked into it and did it!

My main concerns were parking on the Philly side and where to access the walkway. We found a convenient spot with  Spothero app.   We parked near Independence Hall and it was a quick walk over to the pedestrian entrance  to the bridge. If one side is closed, there's an underground walkway to the other entrance so you never have to cross bridge traffic.  The entrance is at 5th & Race across from the U.S. Mint.

You can start on the PA side or the NJ side and it's a 1.5 mile walk each way.

It was the perfect day for it too!

A view of I95 as we walked  over  it.

It was nice that it wasn't very crowded this day.

Looking back at Philly once you cross into New Jersey.

Looking at the Camden Waterfront.  Camden has come a  long way in recent years. We've been to the Adventure Aquarium and BB&T Pavilion but we want to visit the Battleship New  Jersey (you can see it at the very end) next time we visit the area.  We also walked above the Rutgers University-Camden campus.

On the Jersey side now!  I noticed plenty of street parking on this side.

Some  history of the bridge.

Heading back to Philly.

We had lunch at The Independence Beer Garden. It was a fun spot to try some IPA's.  You order and pay right from your phone and we felt plenty socially distanced in the covered outdoor patio.

After lunch we walked around a little looking for coffee and stopped in at The Bourse Food Hall.  

A lot of the vendors were closed or closing but it was cool to walk through.

We got a quick look at The Liberty Bell on the way back to the car.  It was a great day trip and we'll definitely be doing this again! For more information, click here.

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