Centre Bridge-Stockton Bridge Rehabilitation

In July 2007, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission completed the $9.4 million rehabilitation of the Centre Bridge-Stockton Toll Supported Bridge. The rehabilitation, which began in January 2007, extended the useful life of the bridge, with the goal of avoiding any major repairs or rehabilitation that require extended bridge closures for at least the next 15 years.

The project included the blast cleaning and painting of the bridge truss, rehabilitation of the roadway deck and sidewalk as well as the staircase leading to the Pennsylvania Canal, structure repairs and improvements to roadway signing, roadway and bridge lighting, and sidewalk and bridge railings.

As is the case with all of its capital projects, the Commission worked closely with the local communities and solicited public feedback in order to mitigate the impact of the rehabilitation project. . Working with its community partners -- Solebury in Pennsylvania and Stockton in New Jersey -- the Commission established a winter construction schedule that enabled the bridge to remain open on weekends so visitors and residents alike could continue to have convenient access to area shops and restaurants. The bridge reopened to weekday traffic on May 18, prior to the start of the summer tourist season, although other rehabilitation work on the bridge continued after that date.

The Centre Bridge-Stockton Toll-Supported Bridge carries Bridge Street across the Delaware River and connects Centre Bridge, in Solebury Township, Pa. with the Borough of Stockton in New Jersey. The bridge is a six-span Warren truss structure built in 1926 on the same piers and abutments built in 1814 as part of the original wood bridge at the site. The bridge is constructed of 976 tons of steel and measures 824 feet, 10 inches long and 23 feet, 6 inches wide.

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