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RIEGELSVILLE, PA – The 100th anniversary of the public acquisition and freeing of the iconic and structurally unique Riegelsville Toll-Supported Bridge is nigh. The former Riegelsville Delaware Bridge Company suspended toll collections on January 1, 1923 due to an impending sale of the bridge to the states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.  The states formally

MILFORD, NJ – The bi-state Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) today announced that it plans to post another reel of archival silent movie footage from the 1933-34 construction of the current-day steel-truss Upper Black Eddy-Milford Bridge. This is the second reel of 16 mm film stock recorded during the summer of 1933 at

EASTON, PA – The fully restored gold-leaf state-seal monuments of New Jersey and Pennsylvania are scheduled to be reinstalled atop the towers of the Northampton Street Toll-Supported Bridge (a.k.a. Easton-Phillipsburg “free bridge”) this Wednesday, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced today. As is the current practice, one of the bridge’s three travel lanes

PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – The Northampton Street Toll-Supported Bridge (a.k.a. Easton-Phillipsburg “free bridge”) is expected to have its full complement of travel lanes back in service later today, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced. Work on the 18-month Northampton Street Bridge Rehabilitation Project has reached the point where uninterrupted 24-7 lane closures will no

EASTON, PA – The bi-state Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) today announced a Friday, Oct. 28 release date for long-forgotten archival film footage showing Depression-era traffic congestion in Easton, PA. and Phillipsburg, N.J. and early excavation and construction for a new toll bridge across the Delaware River. The film reel had been filed

MILFORD, PA – An alternating single-lane travel pattern controlled by temporary portable traffic signals is now in effect at the Milford-Montague (Route 206) Toll Bridge, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced today. The new travel restriction went into place today.  For approximately the next four weeks, single-lane alternating travel will be implemented at

PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – A six-week-long roadway joints repair project is scheduled to begin tomorrow night along 4.2 miles of I-78 that the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission owns and maintains on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River. The work is planned to take place primarily during overnight hours, when traffic volumes are

YARDLEY, PA – The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission today announced that it has rescheduled a postponed single-lane pattern along I-295 northbound in Ewing, N.J. and warned Pennsylvania-bound commuters to avoid the highway segment for travel across the Scudder Falls Toll Bridge this Friday evening. I-295 NB (PA-bound) will be reduced to a single

YARDLEY, PA – The planned Friday-Saturday closure of two I-295 northbound lanes on the New Jersey approach to the Scudder Falls Toll Bridge is being postponed, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced today. The scheduled dual-lane closure will be rescheduled at a later date. The lane closures would have limited I-295 NB approaching

MILFORD, NJ – The bi-state Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) today announced that it plans to release a series of archival bridge films that had been stored at the agency’s former headquarters in Morrisville, PA. The old film footage was recently digitized and the first reel – depicting the June 1933 demolition of