Knock knock. Looks like this door needs a new coat of paint. Like an ornate door knocker, the decorative Round and rivets covering the steel door at the base footing of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge have gotten a bit rusty. First opened in 1926, the 1,750-foot bridge was dedicated as part of the United States' Sesquicentennial Exposition, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Originally gray, the bridge was painted blue in 1976 for the nation's Bicentennial, and re-painted again in 1989 and 2005.

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