Active Alerts

Concrete pouring work and a corresponding single-lane travel restriction are scheduled to be in effect in the Pennsylvania-bound direction on the Scudder Falls Bridge Thursday morning, March 14. Backups and delays are likely on I-295 NB approaching the bridge from the New Jersey side any time after 7 a.m. Thursday.  Motorists should plan ahead or take an alternate NJ-to-PA route during the Thursday morning commuting period.

Motorists are advised that a portion of the I-295/NJ Route 29 interchange (Exit 76) on the New Jersey side of the Scudder Falls Bridge will be closed to traffic for 18 consecutive weeks.

Three traffic movements at the interchange will be affected and each will have its own respective detour route:

• I-295 EB/SB exit ramp to Route 29 NB (first exit in NJ after crossing Scudder Falls Bridge into New Jersey) – (CLICK HERE TO SEE ORANGE DETOUR MAP)
• Route 29 SB&NB entry ramps to I-295 NB/WB and the Scudder Falls Bridge (Pennsylvania bound) – (CLICK HERE TO SEE BLUE DETOUR MAP)
• I-295 NB exit ramp to Route 29 SB (last exit in NJ) -- (CLICK HERE TO SEE GREEN DETOUR MAP)

Important note:  Only select travel movements within the interchange are affected; the Scudder Falls Bridge, I-295 and Route 29 will remain open to thru-traffic.

Because of the scope of ramp closures and detours at the interchange, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission is warning motorists who use the I-295/Route 29 interchange during peak commuting periods to allow extra time to reach their destinations as the public adjusts to the new travel restrictions.

The first completed span of the new Scudder Falls Toll Bridge is expected to open this summer (2019).  Tolls will be collected in the Pennsylvania-bound direction only.  E-ZPass users will be charged lower rates.  Get E-ZPass now.  Go to www.ezpassnj.com or dial 1-888-AUTO-TOLL.

Intermittent weekday daytime closures of the canal towpaths on the New Jersey and Pennsylvania sides of the Scudder Falls Bridge are scheduled until approximately late February or early March.

(CLICK HERE TO VIEW PA TOWPATH CLOSURE AREA)

(CLICK HERE TO VIEW NJ TOWPATH CLOSURE AREA)

Barring any schedule changes, the towpaths are expected to be open for public use on weekends.

Oversized vehicles exceeding one or more of the following criteria will not receive a permit to cross the Scudder Falls Bridge during 4-1/2-year-long Scudder Falls Bridge Replacement Project:

• Gross vehicle weight (GVW) over 201,000 pounds
• Greater than 10 feet in width
• Greater than 80 feet in length