LAMBERTVILLE – The bridge over the Delaware River between downtown Lambertville and New Hope will be closed for two weeks, starting at 6 a.m. Monday.
The bridge will be shut down to all vehicular traffic and pedestrian crossings until Jan. 27.
New Jersey-bound motorists will be detoured a mile north to the New Hope-Lambertville (Route 202) Toll Bridge, which does not have a toll in the New Jersey-bound direction.
Pennsylvania-bound motorists have three options:
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The closest alternate bridge is the New Hope-Lambertville (Route 202) Toll Bridge, one mile north. This is tolled only in the Pennsylvania-bound direction. The toll for personal vehicles (motorcycles, cars, pickups, vans and SUVs up to 8-feet high with two axles) is $1.50 for E-ZPass and $3 for toll by license plate (an invoice will sent in the mail to the vehicle’s registered owner). Cash collections ended at the bridge in June 2024.
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The closest non-toll option is the Stockton Bridge, about three miles north on Route 29.
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The next closest option is the narrow Washington Crossing Bridge about seven miles south on Route 29.
The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission has contracted an outside vendor to provide a shuttle service between Lambertville and New Hope at no cost to its riders while the bridge is closed. The service is intended only for bridge walkway patrons.
Work on the New Hope-Lambertville toll-supported bridge is to extend into 2025.
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The shuttle will operate with two vehicles in service 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily and extended service with a single vehicle 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights.
A one-way trip between the towns is approximately 12 to 15 minutes.
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Stops in downtown New Hope and Lambertville are:
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New Hope: The northbound side of North Main Street by the park benches near PNC Bank and Starbucks.
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Lambertville: The Pennsylvania-bound side of Bridge Street in the general area of the former Black River and Western Railroad crossing and the Princeton Bank building.
The shuttles will end once the bridge’s walkway can be put back into service.
The repair involves a 4-inch-diameter, 18-inch-long steel pin that supports a critical joint of 11 structural steel members on the bridge’s second truss span from the Pennsylvania side. The 120-year-old pin has rusted and worn to the point where it poses a potential risk for failure under heavy load.
This would mark the first time that a such pin replacement has been performed on the steel Pratt-truss bridge linking the two towns.
It also would be the first time that such a repair has been done at any of the Commission’s bridges.
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