UHLERSTOWN-FRENCHTOWN BRIDGE -- A flagger-controlled alternating single-lane travel restriction is scheduled for the Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Toll-Supported Bridge from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, May 11 & 12. The lane closure will enable a Commission engineering consultant to conduct federally required inspections of the bridge. Motorists are urged to follow inspector instruction when approaching the bridge.
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 [...]