I-78 Toll Bridge -- I-78 eastbound on the New Jersey side of the I-78 Toll Bridge is scheduled to be restricted to two travel lanes (one of three lanes closed) 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3. The lane closure will allow for construction activities along portions of the roadway segment up to first New Jersey interchange (Exit 3). Motorists are advised to reduced speeds and exercise caution when traveling through active work zones.
Of the 20 bridges in the DRJTBC system, the Calhoun Street Toll-Supported Bridge is the only one made of wrought iron. A Phoenix Pratt truss with a total length of 1,274 feet, it also holds the [...]
The first bridge at this site was designed by Lewis Wernwag, a pioneering American bridge-building pioneer of his age. Wernwag’s bridge was completed on September 12, 1814 – slightly more than [...]
The original Centre Bridge — an uncovered wooden structure — was constructed in the vicinity of a York Road ferry known as Reading’s Ferry, Howell’s Ferry, and [...]
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 [...]
The Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Toll-Supported Bridge connects Bridge Street/NJ Route 12 in Frenchtown, Hunterdon County, N.J. with River Road/PA Route 32 in the Uhlerstown section of Tinicum Township, [...]
A privately owned wooden-covered toll bridge was constructed at this site between 1840 and 1842 for the former Milford (NJ) Delaware Bridge Company. That bridge, with dual cartways, opened [...]
Fast facts: Current bridge is the third oldest existing superstructure in the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission’s 20-bridge system. Pennsylvania Abutment — Riegelsville [...]
The first crossing of the Delaware River at Easton was a ferry enfranchised to David Martin in 1739. Located near the present site of Scott Park at the junction of the Lehigh and Delaware Rivers, [...]
The original bridge at this site was a covered, wooden structure of arch pattern. During the flood of October 10, 1903, the superstructure was carried away and the present steel structure was [...]
The original bridge at the Lower Trenton location was a largely wooden structure designed by Theodore Burr. It was the country’s second covered bridge and the first to span the Delaware [...]