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The New Hope-Lambertville Toll-Supported Bridge is scheduled to be reduce to a single travel lane with alternating traffic controlled by flaggers 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Monday, June 30, and Tuesday, July 1.

The travel restriction is needed so workers can address a peeling pain issue on one of the center truss spans.

Brief travel delays are possible while traffic flagging operations are in effect.

The scheduled travel restriction is subject to change due to weather, emergencies, and/or other factors.

Motorists are urged to reduce speeds, exercise caution, and follow flagger instructions.

The New Hope-Lambertville (Route 202) Toll Bridge remains restricted to single travel lanes in each direction with an 11-foot width restriction in the northbound (New Jersey-bound) direction.

Several new traffic patterns also have gone into effect since a new open-road all-electronic tolling gantry came online on the Pennsylvania-side of the bridge on June 24. (Note: tolls are assessed only in the southbound (PA-bound) direction.

The new temporary travel restrictions will remain in effect until further notice.

A Commission contractor is in the process of removing the last remaining section of a former cash-collection toll plaza at the bridge. The contractor also reconstructing remaining portions of the bridge's Pennsylvania approach to establish a straightened four-lane route (two lanes in each direction) at the location. The contractor alson continutes to make repairs and improvements to the bridge’s Pennsylvania abutment.

Route 202 motorists approaching the bridge are urged to reduce speeds, prepare for lane shifts, exercise caution, and observe size restrictions in the northbound direction.

Note: A roughly year-long 10-foot width restriction in the southbound direction expired on June 14. The southbound direction now has 12-foot lane width.

The weekly closure schedule for the shared-use path on the Scudder Falls (I-295) Toll Bridge has changed.

Starting Friday, May 8, the shared-use path for pedestrians and bicyclists sicheduled will be closed from 7 a.m. on Mondays to 6 p.m. on Fridays (times approximate).

The weekly walkway closures are expected to continue until May 29 (date subject to change) -- enabling a Commission contractor to remove and replace the uneven puddle-prone polyester polymer concrete (PPC) surface along the bridge’s elevated walkway surface.

The bridge walkway facility’s entry points will be blocked weekdays at the Delaware & Raritan Canal’s rail trail on the New Jersey side and the Delaware Canal towpath on the Pennsylvania side.

Affected bicyclists and pedestrians are urged to use the Calhoun Street Bridge walkway to the south or the Washington Crossing Bridge walkway whenever the Scudder Falls facility is closed. Bikes must be walked across the walkways at those two alternate crossings.