I-78 Toll Bridge -- One of the I-78 Toll Bridge's three eastbound lanes is scheduled to be closed 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 8. The travel restriction will allow engineers to conduct biennial inspections of the bridge structure. Eastbound I-78 motorists are urged to reduce speeds and exercise caution approaching the bridge during off-peak daytime hours Thursday. Two eastbound lanes will remain open. Westbound travel will be unaffected.
Originally constructed in 1856 as a vehicular bridge, the covered timber structure consisted of four spans across the Delaware River and one span over the Delaware Division Canal on the [...]
Fast Facts: This is the site of the last wooden covered bridge to be constructed across the Delaware River between New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The wooden bridge was completed and opened as a [...]