SCUDDER FALLS – A rare Saturday closure of the bike-ped Shared Use Path on the Scudder Falls (I-295) Toll Bridge is scheduled for daytime hours – 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. – TOMORROW, Nov. 1.
The closure of the bridge’s pedestrian and bicycle facility is needed so a Commission contractor can complete application of a new polyester polymer concrete (PPC) overlay surface on the elevated access ramp on the bridge’s Pennsylvania side.
The roughly 1-inch-thick layer of high-density PPC material helps to protect the underlaying concrete surface from weather and erosion.
To enable the work to proceed, the walkway facility’s entry points are expected to be barricaded at the Delaware & Raritan Canal’s rail trail on the New Jersey side and the Delaware Canal towpath on the Pennsylvania side.
Pedestrians and bicyclists are urged to plan ahead for the closure periods. The closest river crossing points for pedestrians are the Calhoun Street Toll-Supported Bridge 4.8 miles to the south and the Washington Crossing Toll-Supported Bridge 2.5 miles to the north. Note: The walkways at these alternate river crossing points are significantly narrower than the 10-foot-wide Scudder Falls Shared-Use Path; bicyclists must dismount and walk their bikes across the walkways at these other two bridges.
