November 20, 2008

Contact: Joe Donnelly or Pete Peterson
215-862-7693 or 215-893-4297

MORRISVILLE, PA. - Motorists traveling in either direction on Route 1 late Monday and early Tuesday should expect traffic slowdowns and stoppages in the vicinity of the Trenton-Morrisville Toll Bridge, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced today.

Traffic restrictions will be in place in both the southbound and northbound lanes on the bridge from 11 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24, until 4 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25. Motorists are advised to allow extra time for travel through the work zone during this operation.

The travel restrictions will allow construction crews to complete erection of a new overhead sign structure just north of the toll plaza on the Pennsylvania side of the bridge. Work crews will try to limit any traffic stoppages to 15-minute durations.

The completed structure will span both the northbound and southbound lanes of Route 1. The signs on the structure, however, will remain covered until other various elements of a rehabilitation project taking place on the bridge are completed next year. The sign work is part of the $102 million rehabilitation and widening project currently underway at the toll bridge, which spans the Delaware River between Trenton, N.J. and Morrisville, PA.

More information about the Trenton-Morrisville (Route 1) Toll Bridge rehabilitation 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.