Northampton Street Bridge (Easton-Phillipsburg 'free bridge) -- An ongoing utility project on the Phillipsburg, N.J. side of the Northampton Street Toll-Supported Bridge (a.k.a. the Easton-Phillipsburg "free bridge") will necessitate a detour of New Jersey-bound traffic off the bridge starting 7 p.m. tonight -- Friday, Sept. 5 -- and continuing into early Saturday morning, Sept. 6.
NEW HOPE, PA. – The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission today applauded Troop M of the Pennsylvania State Police for a recent deployment aimed at enforcing width restrictions and lowered speed limits now in effect at the New Hope-Lambertville (Route 202) Toll Bridge. PA State Troopers conducted a Truck Enforcement Detail at the bridge
The 90th anniversary of the U.S. Congress’s consent to the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission’s formation will occur on August, 30. The Congressional action – completed on August 30, 1935 — was executed in accordance with the U.S. Constitution’s Compact Clause — Art. I, §10, cl.3. The ratification effectively codified respective identical state agreements
FRENCHTOWN, NJ – The installation of a newly widened walkway on the Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Toll-Supported Bridge is nearing completion and could open as early as Wednesday, August 27, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) announced today. “If the walkway can’t be opened for the public’s use on August 27, it will certainly be operational
In recognition of the approaching 70th anniversary of the worst flood ever recorded along the Delaware River, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission today reissued the brief account of the flood that appeared in the agency’s 1955 annual report: The most devastating flood of the Delaware River, ever recorded, occurred on August 19 and
PHILLIPSBURG, N.J. – The Broad Street exit from Route 22 East in Phillipsburg, N.J. is scheduled to be closed to all traffic 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4. The exit ramp is the first Route 22 turnoff in New Jersey after crossing the Easton-Phillipsburg (Route 22) Toll Bridge from Pennsylvania. The ramp closure
TRENTON, N.J. — The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) today announced it has hired an engineering firm to design an open-road cashless toll-collection facility for the agency’s Trenton-Morrisville (Route 1) Toll Bridge between Trenton, N.J. and Morrisville, PA. The envisioned three-lane facility currently is expected to be located between the existing toll plaza
The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) today announced a proposed system-wide toll adjustment for 2026 that would offset rising construction-industry costs, maintain strong credit ratings, and finance new transportation-infrastructure improvements. Under its proposed rate adjustments, the E-ZPass rate for Class 1 passenger vehicles (two axles and below eight-feet high) would rise 50 cents
WASHINGTON CROSSING – The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission today announced that periodic traffic stoppages are scheduled to be implemented in both directions at the Washington Crossing Toll-Supported Bridge during overnight hours Monday, July 28, into Tuesday, July 29. Motorists are advised that they could encounter delays up to 15 minutes in duration from
LOWER MAKEFIELD, PA – An alternating single-lane travel restriction controlled by flaggers at each end is scheduled to be implemented along a short section of Woodside Road in Lower Makefield, PA. during overnight hours on Thursday, July 24, and off-peak daytime hours on Friday, July25, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) announced today.
WASHINGTON CROSSING – A planned uninterrupted closure of the Washington Crossing Toll-Supported Bridge’s pedestrian walkway is scheduled to begin approximately 7 a.m. Monday, July 21, and end by 5 p.m. Friday, July 25, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced today. The walkway closure will allow a Commission contractor to partially replace portions of
