Milford-Montague Toll Bridge

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Milford-Montague Bridge

The Milford-Montague Toll Bridge (also know as the US 206 Toll Bridge) is a truss bridge crossing the Delaware River, connecting Montague Township, New Jersey to Milford, Pennsylvania on U.S. Route 206. The two-lane bridge, which opened on December 30, 1953, has a total length of 1,150 feet (350 meters), and is operated by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission. Tolls are collected only from motorists traveling westbound, into Pennsylvania. The toll for automobiles is $0.75.

The bridge was approved in 1951, to replace an existing crossing at the site that dated from 1889.^[1] The Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge, Portland-Columbia Toll Bridge and the Milford-Montague Toll Bridge were all constructed simultaneously by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, with work on all three started on October 15, 1951, and all three bridge openings spaced approximately every two weeks in December 1953.^[2]^[3]

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^ "NEW DELAWARE SPAN SET; Toll Bridge at Milford, Pa., to Replace 1889 Structure", The New York Times, February 25, 1951. p. 31
^ "3 DELAWARE SPANS NEAR COMPLETION; Bridge Between Portland, Pa., and Columbia, N. J., Will Be Opened Next Month", The New York Times, October 25, 1953. p. 78
^ "UNTYING THE DELAWARE WATER GAP KNOT, The New York Times, November 15, 1953. p. X27