UHLERSTOWN-FRENCHTOWN BRIDGE -- A flagger-controlled alternating single-lane travel restriction is scheduled to be in effect on the Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Toll-Supported Bridge's NJ approach 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 5. Traffic stoppages and travel delays are possible. The travel restriction is needed for a Elizabethtown Gas Co. work crew that is expected to conduct gas line work near the bridge.
Originally constructed in 1856 as a vehicular bridge, the covered timber structure consisted of four spans across the Delaware River and one span over the Delaware Division Canal on the [...]
Fast Facts: This is the site of the last wooden covered bridge to be constructed across the Delaware River between New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The wooden bridge was completed and opened as a [...]