Jun
30
News Release

Sign-Structure-Repair Project to Begin July 7 at PA Side of Washington Crossing Toll-Supported Bridge

WASHINGTON CROSSING – The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission today announced that temporary travel restrictions for motorists and pedestrians will be needed to carry out an upcoming month-long repair project at the Pennsylvania end of the Washington Crossing Toll-Supported Bridge. The short-term project will address damage caused by an Amazon tractor-trailer that attempted to

Jun
30
News Release

Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Bridge Project Work Passes Halfway Point

FRENCHTOWN, NJ – The rehabilitation project at the Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Toll-Supported Bridge has passed the halfway point, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced today. At this time, the project remains on track for completion in the fall. Here’s a brief rundown of the project’s current status and the prognosis for the array of temporary

Jun
24
News Release

New Hope-Lambertville Bridge Rehabilitation Videos Posted on Youtube

LAMBERTVILLE, NJ – Two videos related to the 2024-25 New Hope-Lambertville Toll-Supported Bridge Rehabilitation Project have been posted for public viewing on the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission’s YouTube channel. The longer video is a slide show of project work photographs taken during 2024 and early 2025. The Commission’s engineering department compiled the slide

May
19
News Release

Komjathy Reelected as Bridge Commission Chairman; Janvey, Grace, Laurenti Maintain Respective Posts

YARDLEY, PA – The bi-state Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission today re-elected Aladar G. Komjathy of Lambertville, N.J. to the bistate agency’s chairmanship post, a position he has held since 2022. The Pennsylvania-New Jersey transportation body’s other top officers also were re-elected to their respective posts: Pamela Janvey of Bristol, PA. as Vice Chairwoman;

May
13
News Release

Washington Crossing Bridge Walkway Plank Work Scheduled to Begin Next Week

WASHINGTON CROSSING – Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission maintenance personnel are scheduled to begin replacing damaged and weathered wooden planks on the Washington Crossing Toll-Supported Bridge’s pedestrian walkway next week. The work, which is weather sensitive, is not expected to affect pedestrians using the bridge. Workers are to provide accommodation whenever a pedestrian approaches

Apr
30
News Release

Washington Crossing Bridge Pier Repairs Expected to Begin Next Week

WASHINGTON CROSSING – The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission today announced that masonry repair work could begin next week at the 120-year-old Washington Crossing Toll-Supported Bridge between Hopewell Township, N.J. and Upper Makefield, PA. The bridge would be the third of four Commission river crossings to undergo needed masonry repairs in the wake of

Apr
28
News Release

Contracts Awarded for Open-Road Toll Collection Facility at New Hope-Lambertville Toll Bridge

NEW HOPE, PA- The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) today approved contracts to convert the New Hope-Lambertville (Route 202) Toll Bridge to an open road cashless all-electronic-tolling (AET) facility by summer 2026. The project will involve removal of the bridge’s former cash-collection toll plaza and construction of an overhead toll gantry outfitted with

Apr
11
News Release

Washington Crossing Toll-Supported Bridge Turns 120 Years Old

WASHINGTON CROSSING – The narrow, weight-restricted, and operationally challenged Washington Crossing Toll-Supported Bridge’s steel superstructure turns 120 years old today. Happy birthday, bridge. The bridge, which was constructed for two former closely aligned shareholder-owned local companies, opened on the morning of April 11, 1905. It was then operated as a privately owned tolled crossing for