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NEW HOPE, PA – Workers today succeeded in installing a new steel pin connection on the closed New Hope-Lambertville Toll-Supported Bridge, marking another major milestone in efforts to get the 120-year-old bridge back into service. The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission today said the pin installation gives reason for optimism that the bridge could

NEW HOPE, PA – Construction workers and engineers last night completed a multi-step process to remove a severely deteriorated structural connection that has forced a two-week-long shutdown of the New Hope-Lambertville Toll-Supported Bridge, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced today. The removal of the severely rusted and deformed 4-inch-diameter, 18-inch-long pin on the

The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) is counting down the hours to when it ceases handling cash toll transactions at its four high-traffic-volume toll bridges at Trenton-Morrisville (Route 1), I-78, Easton-Phillipsburg (Route 22), and Delaware Water Gap (I-80). Cash service at the four highway toll bridges is scheduled to end 11 p.m. Sunday,

NEW HOPE, PA – The countdown to a two-week-long shutdown of the New Hope-Lambertville Toll-Supported Bridge is down to six days and the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission is urging motorists to anticipate travel delays once the bridge closure begins. A critical preparatory step for the bridge shutdown occurred yesterday when engineers successfully tensioned

Motorists who still use cash to pay tolls are urged to acquire E-ZPass accounts before the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) converts its four high-traffic-volume toll bridges – Trenton-Morrisville (Route 1), I-78, Easton-Phillipsburg (Route 22), and Delaware Water Gap (I-80) – to strictly cashless/all-electronic toll collections next week. The four highway bridges are

NEW HOPE, PA – Monday’s scheduled four-hour closure of the New Hope-Lambertville Toll-Supported Bridge to all vehicular traffic remains on track, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced today. Commission engineers and consultants are monitoring weather resources that currently predict snowfall totals of 1 to 3 inches occurring while the bridge’s road deck is

Only two weeks remain before the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) stops accepting cash for payment of tolls at its four high-traffic-volume toll bridges – Trenton-Morrisville  (Route 1), I-78, Easton-Phillipsburg (Route 22), and Delaware Water Gap (I-80). Cash toll collections will cease 11 p.m. January 12. That means January 13 will be the

The 90th anniversary of the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission’s formation is tomorrow. The bistate (New Jersey and Pennsylvania) agency was formally organized on December 28, 1934 at the former Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia, PA.  The Commission’s formation was the final agenda item for a predecessor agency — the former Joint Commission for Elimination

NEW HOPE, PA – The New Hope-Lambertville Toll-Supported Bridge is scheduled to be shut down to all vehicular traffic  from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on January 6, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced today. The planned midday closure will enable engineers to fully deploy a “friction collar,” a custom-made stabilization device that

YARDLEY, PA — The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) today awarded contracts to rehabilitate its 93-year-old Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Toll-Supported Bridge, which connects Frenchtown Borough in Hunterdon County, N.J. with the Uhlerstown section of Tinicum Township in Bucks County, PA. The project’s construction contract was awarded to low-bidder Anselmi & DeCicco, Inc. of Maplewood, NJ.