Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge

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The Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge (also known as the Interstate 80 Toll Bridge) is a toll bridge that carries Interstate 80 across the Delaware River at the Delaware Water Gap, connecting Hardwick Township, New Jersey and Delaware Water Gap Pennsylvania. The bridge was built by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission. The 2,465 foot-long bridge is a multiple span dual roadway with a steel plate structure. The roadways are 28-feet wide each and separated from each other by a concrete Jersey barrier.

The facility opened to the public on December 16, 1953 at ceremonies attended by Governor of Pennsylvania John S. Fine and Governor of New Jersey Alfred E. Driscoll.^[1] The bridge carried US 611 (now Pennsylvania Route 611) for four miles in New Jersey to a connection with Route 94. Interstate 80 was routed onto the bridge in 1959.

There is a pedestrian sidewalk on the south side of the New Jersey-bound section of the bridge, separated from motor vehicles with a concrete divider. The pedestrian walk way on the Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge connects the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania with the southern terminus of the trail in New Jersey. The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area surrounds both sides of the river near the bridge and Worthington State Forest is located along the bridge's New Jersey side.

An eight-lane toll plaza is located on the Pennsylvania side of the bridge, serving westbound traffic only. Cash toll for automobiles is 75¢, with a 20% discount (60¢) when using E-ZPass. An E-ZPass Commuter 40% discount is available to those making 20 or more trips in 35 days.

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^ "NEW SPAN CROSSES DELAWARE RIVER; Fine, Driscoll at Ceremonies for Water Gap Bridge -- Road to Link Poconos and New York", The New York Times, December 17, 1953. p. 51