The George N. Wade Memorial Bridge, also known as the North Bridge, carries Interstate 81

Interstate 81

Interstate 81 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern part of the United States. Its southern terminus is at Interstate 40 in Dandridge, Tennessee; its northern terminus is on Wellesley Island at the Canadian border, where the Thousand Islands Bridge connects it to Highway 401, the main freeway...

 and the Capital Beltway

Capital Beltway (Harrisburg)

The Capital Beltway is a beltway surrounding Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is co-designated as Interstate 81 , I-83, U.S. Route 11 , US 322, and Pennsylvania Route 581 at various locations along the route...

 across the Susquehanna River

Susquehanna River

The Susquehanna River is a river located in the northeastern United States. At long, it is the longest river on the American east coast that drains into the Atlantic Ocean, and with its watershed it is the 16th largest river in the United States, and the longest river in the continental United...

 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Harrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 49,528, making it the ninth largest city in Pennsylvania...

. Bridge construction began in the late 1960s and was completed in the early 1970s. The bridge is 5188 feet (1,581.3 m) long and varies in width from 109 feet (33.2 m) to 230 feet (70.1 m). It carries six lanes of traffic and has two collector road and five ramp connections. Average daily traffic counts for this section of Interstate 81 are nearly 32,000 vehicles in each direction. A $36.5 million rehabilitation of the bridge began in 2009 and is scheduled to be completed in early 2012.