This skyline of Philadelphia with the Ben Franklin Bridge in the foreground is an awesome sight from Penn's Landing in Philadelphia on a warm summer night.

The bridge was designed by Paul Philippe Cret, the architect who was also in large part responsible for Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Driving over the bridge and passing under its two tall towers connected by tapering cables, puts one in mind of Dorothy entering into Kingdom of Oz — there is a fearful exhilaration.

By evening, the bridge dances to a different beat.  The bridge takes on a blue-overalls-go-to-work aspect during the day, the Ben is ready to rumba by night. 

Thanks to a computer-driven lighting system added for the Bicentennial, the span actually appears to shimmy — for trains passing over the bridge trigger sensors which illuminate each cable in succession. The cables resemble piano keys, and as strong beams of light briefly alight on each cable in a cascading crescendo, the bridge dances rhapsodic.

This bridge does not merely span the Delaware — it soars over the river. Painted a resonant blue, at some points the bridge seems to merge with the sky.

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