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Easton–Phillipsburg Toll Bridge

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Crosses
  
Delaware River

Total length
  
311 m

Location
  
Easton

Body of water
  
Delaware River

Opened
  
14 January 1938

Width
  
12 m

Bridge type
  
Truss bridge

Easton–Phillipsburg Toll Bridge

Carries
  
4 lanes of US 22 and 2 sidewalks

Locale
  
Easton, PA and Phillipsburg, NJ, U.S.

Official name
  
Easton-Phillipsburg Toll Bridge

Maintained by
  
Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission

Design
  
Steel Petit through-truss

Address
  
Easton-Phillipsburg Toll Bridge, Easton, PA 18042, USA

Similar
  
Northampton Street Bridge, Portland–Columbia Toll Bridge, Interstate 78 Toll Bridge, New Hope–Lambertville Toll Bridge, Milford–Montague Toll Bridge

Delaware river interstate 78 toll bridge eastbound


The Easton–Phillipsburg Toll Bridge is a bridge that carries U.S. Route 22 over the Delaware River. The bridge is between Easton, Pennsylvania and Phillipsburg, New Jersey, United States. The bridge opened on January 14, 1938, and is operated by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission. The main river bridge consists of a 540-foot (160 m) Petit through-truss span over the river; a 430-foot (130 m), five-span plate-girder viaduct at the New Jersey approach; and a 40-foot (12 m) pre-stressed concrete boxbeam span over PA Route 611 on the Pennsylvania approach.

The overall length is 1,020 feet (310 m). The four-lane facility has a roadway width of 40 feet (12 m). There are 8-foot (2.4 m) concrete pedestrian sidewalks outside the trusses on each side. The bridge is the 9th-longest (main span) simple truss and 9th-longest (main span) steel truss in the United States.

When it was constructed in 1938, the bridge ranked first as the longest steel truss in the nation—a distinction it held for 19 years. The toll plaza collects only westbound lanes going into Pennsylvania, and includes the E-Z Pass system. The toll rate per car is $1.00.

References

Easton–Phillipsburg Toll Bridge Wikipedia