TEMPORARY WEEKDAY NJ-BOUND TRAFFIC DETOURS TO START MONDAY, SEPT. 15

AT NEW HOPE-LAMBERTVILLE BRIDGE

Daytime Detours Expected to End Sept. 26; Bridge to Remain Open to PA-Bound Traffic

And Pedestrians at All Times, and Fully Open on Nights and Weekends

NEW HOPE, PA. – New Jersey-bound traffic is scheduled to be detoured off the New Hope-Lambertville Toll-Supported Bridge during daytime hours on weekdays only for up two weeks, starting Monday, September 15, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced today.

The bridge – which directly connects the commercial centers of Lambertville, N.J. and New Hope, PA. – will remain open to vehicular traffic in the Pennsylvania-bound direction (the toll direction at the nearby New Hope-Lambertville [Route 202] Toll Bridge) at all times. The bridge’s pedestrian walkway also is expected to remain in service without interruption. The bridge also will be open fully to two-way traffic during nighttime hours and on weekends.

A New Jersey-bound travel restriction is expected to be in effect at the bridge 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays (Monday to Friday, Sept. 15-19 and 22-26 ), with affected traffic detoured to the non-tolled northbound direction at the nearby New Hope-Lambertville (Route 202) Toll Bridge for travel to Lambertville and other nearby New Jersey destinations.

The NJ-bound traffic detour is needed so a Commission contractor can install a temporary under-bridge platform that will be used to inspect and potentially later adjust/service/repair electrical-supply components on the bridge.

The installation of the temporary platform will take place from the bridge’s upstream travel lane, forcing a shift of PA-bound traffic into the downstream travel lane that normally carries NJ-bound traffic. The maintenance of PA traffic at the bridge enables those motorists to avoid the toll bridge, which is tolled in the Pennsylvania-bound direction.

About the Commission

The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission was formed statutorily by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey in 1934 and Congress ratified the arrangement under the Compact Clause of U.S. Constitution 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. More than 133.6 million cars and trucks crossed Commission bridges in 2024. For more information, please go to: www.drjtbc.org">http://www.drjtbc.org" rel="nofollow">www.drjtbc.org.