November 12, 2008

Contact: Joe Donnelly
215-862-7693

TRENTON - The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission today announced that the exit ramp from Route 1 south to Warren Street will be closed overnight from Thursday evening into early Friday morning.

The ramp, which is a major access point for the Capitol Complex and other state office buildings, will be closed from 11 p.m. Thursday until 4 a.m. Friday. The ramp closure will allow works crews to mill and pave the Route 1 South approach to the Trenton-Morrisville Toll Bridge, which has been undergoing rehabilitation and widening the past two years.

Traffic seeking to use the exit will be detoured to the Market Street off-ramp, where signs will be posted to bring motorists back to Warren Street. The scheduled ramp closure is subject to change due to weather or other unanticipated construction, emergency or traffic-related considerations.

The paving activity is the latest element of work on the $102 million rehabilitation and widening project currently underway at the Trenton-Morrisville Toll Bridge. The project will improve safety, reduce traffic congestion, speed toll plaza operations and mitigate noise impacts to nearby communities. Plans also include adding a northbound auxiliary lane.

More information about the project is available at www.tmtollbridgerehab.com.

About the Commission

The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission was formed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey in 1934. It operates seven toll bridges and 13 toll-supported bridges, two of which are pedestrian-only spans. The Commission's jurisdiction extends 137 miles along the Delaware River from the Philadelphia-Bucks County line north to the New Jersey/New York border. The bridges carried more than 141 million cars and trucks in 2007. For more information about the Commission and its various initiatives to deliver safer and more convenient bridge travel for its customers, please see: www.drjtbc.org.