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The start date for 96-hour-long weekday closures of the Scudder Falls (I-295) Toll Bridge’s 0.86-mile-long Shared-Use Path for pedestrians and bicyclists sicheduled be closed for 96-hour-long periods on a weekly basis until the Memorial Day Weekend.

Closures of the bridge's walkway will begin early on Mondays and continue until early Friday mornings. The walkway is expected to be reopened for use on weekends.

The weekly closures will enable 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 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.

The Washington Crossing Toll-Supported Bridge is scheduled to be reduced to a single lane with alternating traffic controlled by flaggers 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday to Thursday, March 23-26.

The travel restriction will enable a Commission engineering consultant to inspect the bridge in accordance with the National Bridge Inspection Standards.

Brief stoppages and travel delays are possible.

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

The scheduled travel restrictions are subject to change due to weather, emergencies, and other factors.

Allternating single-lane travel restrictions controlled by flaggers are scheduled to be in effect on River Road/PA Route 32 and Woodside Road in Lower Makefield, PA. near the Scudder Falls (I-295) Toll Bridge during daytime hours Monday to Friday, March 23-26.

The schedule is as follows:

• River Road/PA Route 32 -- Flagger-controlled single alternating travel lane in effect 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, March 23.
• Woodside Road -- Flagger-controlled single alternating travel lane in effect 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Thursday, March 23-26.

The lane restrictions will enable a Commission contractor to move equipment and begin resurfacing work along the walkway on the Scudder Falls (I-295) Toll Bridge.

Brief stoppages and travel delays are possible.

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

The scheduled travel restrictions are subject to change due to weather, emergencies, and other factors.

Motorists could encounter flagger-controlled alternating single-lane travel at the Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Toll-Supported Bridge 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, March 23-27.

The travel restriction will enable a Commission contractor to remove protions of a temporary work platform that has been installed beneath the bridge's roadway deck for the past year.

Brief stoppages and travel delays are possible.

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

The scheduled travel restrictions are subject to change due to weather, emergencies, and other factors.

The New Hope-Lambertville (Route 202) Toll Bridge is restricted to single travel lanes in each directions with a 10-foot width restriction in the southbound (Pennsylvania-bound) direction and an 11-foot width restrictions in the northbound (New Jersey-bound) direction.

The travel restrictions will remain in effect until further notice.

A Commission contractor is in the process of removing the former cash-collection toll plaza at the bridge. The Contractor will then erect an open-road cashless all-electronic tolling gantry in approximately the same location. The project also will involve repairs and improvements to the bridge’s Pennsylvania abutment.

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