SCUDDER FALLS – The Scudder Falls (I-295) Toll Bridge’s 0.86-mile-long Shared-Use Path is scheduled to be closed to pedestrians and bicyclists between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18, and Thursday, Nov. 19, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced today.
The 10-hour-long closure periods will enable a Commission contractor to conduct corrective work in the vicinity of the walkway’s bridge expansion joint on the Pennsylvania side.
To facilitate the construction activities, the walkway facility’s entry points will be blocked at the Delaware & Raritan Canal’s rail trail on the New Jersey side and the Delaware Canal towpath on the Pennsylvania side.
Pedestrians and bicyclists are urged to plan alternate routes during the closure periods. The closest river crossing points for pedestrians are the Calhoun Street Toll-Supported Bridge 4.8 miles to the south and the Washington Crossing Toll-Supported Bridge 2.5 miles to the north. The walkways at these alternate river crossing points are significantly narrower than the 10-foot-wide Scudder Falls Shared-Use Path. Bicyclists must dismount and walk their bikes across the walkways at these other two bridges.
The upcoming closure periods are subject to change due to weather and other factors. Additional closure periods are likely to be needed to complete the work detail on later dates. More information will be provided once those dates and times are firmly established.
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 and its federal Compact was first approved by Congress in August 1935. The agency operates eight toll bridges and 12 toll-supported bridges, two of which are pedestrian-only spans. The Commission is a self-supporting public-service agency that receives neither federal nor state tax dollars to finance its projects or operations. Funding for the operations, maintenance and upkeep of its bridges and related transportation facilities is solely derived from revenues collected at its toll bridges. The Commission’s jurisdiction extends along the Delaware River from the Philadelphia-Bucks County line north to the New Jersey/New York border. The bridges carried more than 131.9 million cars and trucks in 2025. For more information, please go to: www.drjtbc.org.
