The Easton–Phillipsburg Toll Bridge is a modified Pennsylvania (Petit)

through truss bridge A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements, typically straight, may be stressed from tension, compression, or s ...

that carries

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over the

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. The bridge is located between

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and

Phillipsburg, New Jersey Phillipsburg is a town located along the Delaware River that is the most populous municipality in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan statistical area. As of the 202 ...

in the

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. The Easton–Phillipsburg Toll Bridge opened on January 14, 1938, and is operated by the

Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) is a bistate, public agency that maintains and operates river crossings connecting the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The agency's jurisdiction stretches roughly along the D ...

Features

The main river bridge consists of a Petit through-truss span over the river; a , five-span plate-girder viaduct at the New Jersey approach, and a pre-stressed concrete boxbeam span over

Pennsylvania Route 611 Pennsylvania Route 611 (PA 611) is a state highway in eastern Pennsylvania running from Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania, Interstate 95 (I-95) in the southern part of Philadelphia north to Interstate 380 (Pennsylvania), I-380 in Coolbaugh Townshi ...

on the Pennsylvania approach. The overall length is . The four-lane facility has a roadway width of . There are 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 was the longest steel truss in the United States, a distinction it held for 19 years.

Tolls

The toll plaza collects only westbound lanes going into

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, and includes the

E-ZPass E-ZPass Interagency Group (E-ZPass Group trade name and E-ZPass product brand) is an electronic toll collection system used on toll roads, toll bridges, and toll tunnels in the eastern half of the United States. The group itself is composed of ...

system. As of January 7, 2024, the toll rate per car is $3.00, or $1.50 if E-ZPass is used.

References

External links

Official website
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Features

Tolls

See also

References

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