This webpage provides information about the color-programmable LED architectural lighting system on the New Hope-Lambertville Toll-Supported Bridge. Eligible civic, cultural, and community organizations should use the application form on this webage to request temporary color schemes.
All special lighting requests must be made by application to the Commission and MUST BE RECEIVED at least 30 days in advance of a date that is being requested. Approval of respective eligible requests is at the sole discretion of the Commission. Requests made via, or including, petitions and/or social media campaigns will not be considered. There are no automatic request renewals; applicants for lighting requests must be filed annually to be considered. The Commission also does not accept lighting requests more than 12 months in advance of a requested lighting date.)
The Commission’s full lighting policy, an application form, annual lighting schedule, and additional information is below. (Note: The Commission may change its lighting policy at any time without notice.)
The New Hope-Lambertville Toll-Supported Bridge directly connects the commercial centers in New Hope, PA. and Lambertville, N.J. It is a pin-connected steel Pratt-truss structure designed by R.G. Develin of the former Pennsylvania Railroad. It replaced a former covered wooden bridge that was destroyed in the infamous Pumpkin Flood of October 1903. The current steel bridge was constructed for the shareholder-owned New Hope Delaware Bridge Company, which opened it to traffic July 22, 1904 and operated it as tolled crossing (including for bicyclists and pedestrians) until 1920.
The Commission has owned the bridge since July 1, 1987. As part of a rehabilitation project largely conducted in 2024, the Commission outfitted it with an LED lighting system to highlight the bridge’s architectural profile along the river. It is the second Commission bridge to be fully outfitted with an architectural lighting system.
