UPDATE - Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Bridge -- The Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Toll-Supported Bridge is rescheduled to be fully open to traffic in both directions on Thursday, May 9. A previously scheduled alternating single-lane travel restriction has been cancelled. Inspections have been completed at the bridge.
FRENCHTOWN, N.J. – A specific informational webpage has been established for the upcoming 2025 rehabilitation of the 93-year-old Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Toll-Supported Bridge, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced today. The newly established webpage may be accessed in the projects section of the Commission’s public website www.drjtbc.org. The page’s direct address is: www.drjtbc.org/project/frenchtownbridge At this
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – A series of overnight lane closures are scheduled to be implemented Friday night into Saturday morning along both directions of the 4.2-mile-long New Jersey I-78 highway segment leading to and from the I-78 Toll Bridge at the Delaware River. The stretch of highway has three lanes in each direction and passes through
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission today announced that a series of daytime and overnight lane closures are scheduled to be implemented next week along portions of its I-78 Toll Bridge approach roadway segments in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The travel restrictions are as follows: Monday, Apr. 22, 7 a.m. to
WASHINGTON CROSSING – The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission has begun to set the stage for possibly replacing its 119-year-old weight-restricted operationally challenged Washington Crossing Toll-Supported Bridge. The Commission recently posted a request for proposals (RFP) to procure a consulting team that would conduct a multi-year environmental review process identifying and examining numerous issues
EASTON, PA – The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission today announced that it has awarded a $23.5 million construction contract to rehabilitate the agency’s New Jersey I-78 highway segment that extends between the I-78 Toll Bridge and the Phillipsburg/Alpha interchange (Exit 3, Routes 22/173/122). The project primarily involves milling and paving work, including the
YARDLEY, PA – Motorists might occasionally encounter brief travel delays during off-peak hours as the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission’s non-toll vehicular river crossings undergo biennial inspections this year. The Commission’s engineering department and general engineering consulting firm will be conducting biennial inspections of the agency’s 12 “toll-supported” bridges from late March through June.
FRENCHTOWN, NJ – The Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Toll-Supported Bridge is scheduled to be restricted to a single alternating traffic lane controlled by flaggers 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 26, and Friday, March 1, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced today. The vehicular travel restriction will allow engineers to thoroughly inspect the steel-truss
FRENCHTOWN, N.J. – The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission today approved a contract with an engineering consulting firm – WSP USA, Inc. of Exton, Pa. – to design a rehabilitation project expected to be carried out in 2025 at the 92-year-old Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Toll-Supported Bridge. Currently, the envisioned rehabilitation project’s major tasks include: Repair various
NEW HOPE, PA – The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission today announced that construction activities and travel impacts for its upcoming 10-month-long New Hope-Lambertville Bridge Rehabilitation Project have been rescheduled to start on Tuesday, January 30. The Commission previously announced a January 29 start date for the work. The Commission said the project contractor
NEW HOPE, PA – The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) is reminding motorists that a TOLL BY PLATE payment option is scheduled to be phased in to service early tomorrow — Wednesday, January 24 – at its six remaining toll bridges that handle only E-ZPass and cash transactions. The six toll bridges where