NEW HOPE, PA. – New Hope Mayor Laurence Keller and Lambertville Mayor Andrew Nowick shared honors today unveiling new state-line signage on the New Hope-Lambertville Toll-Supported Bridge, which has been undergoing rehabilitation since early 2024.
The signage was designed, crafted, and installed by Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) maintenance personnel. The signs – one for Pennsylvania, one for New Jersey, and one with the DRJTBC logo – connote the border of the two states on the bridge. Two walkway railing sections and one support post are colored differently from the others to further mark the state border’s location.
Other invited attendees at the event were:
- Commission Chairman Aladar G. Komjathy
- Commission Executive Director Joseph J. Resta
- Greater Lambertville Chamber of Commerce Vice President Carolyn Gadbois
- Greater New Hope Chamber of Commerce President Michael Sklar
- Greater New Hope Chamber of Commerce Vice President Mary Brashier
The new signage replaces a tri-color state line designation that DRJTBC maintenance forces meticulously painted on the bridge’s prior walkway surface in 2014 – the 200th anniversary year for the opening of the location’s original privately owned covered wooden bridge.
That state line quickly became a popular addition to the bridge. Over time, hundreds of group photographs and selfies were posted on social-media sites by families and individuals. On other occasions, individuals walking across the bridge stopped at the state line and then proceeded to jump back and forth between the two states.
As part of the bridge’s soon-to-be-completed rehabilitation project, the bridge’s old slip-prone walkway surface was removed and replaced with a new system of quieter slip-resistant foam-core fiber-reinforced-polymer (FRP) panels. The new system is much improved over the former walkway’s composition. However, paint will not adhere well to the new walkway surface. As a result, the bridge’s walkway railing is now being utilized to connote the state line’s location.
A major dividend of the railing’s state-line signage is that it is more conducive for taking family and group photographs as compared to the painted line on the old walkway surface.
