Burlington-Bristol Bridge

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Burlington-Bristol Bridge
Official name	Burlington-Bristol Bridge
Carries	2 lanes of PA 413 and NJ 413
Crosses	Delaware River
Locale	Bristol Township, Pennsylvania and Burlington, New Jersey
Maintained by	Burlington County Bridge Commission
ID number	3000002 (NJ) 097101999100010 (PA)
Design	steel vertical lift bridge
Longest span	540 feet (165 meters)
Total length	2,301 feet (701.3 meters)
Width	20 feet (6.1 meters)
Clearance below	135 feet (41.1 meters)
AADT	25,241 (1992)
Opening date	May 2, 1931
Toll	$2.00 (westbound) (E-ZPass)
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The Burlington-Bristol Bridge is a truss bridge with a lift span crossing the Delaware River from Burlington, New Jersey to Bristol Township, Pennsylvania in the United States. Construction of the bridge started on April 1, 1930, and the bridge opened to traffic on May 1, 1931. The bridge carries NJ 413 and PA 413.

The two-lane bridge has a total length of 2,301 feet (701 meters), and is operated by the Burlington County Bridge Commission. It is a major route to Philadelphia for the area's residents and usually preferred to the other bridges by bus drivers since the tolls are lower.

The center roadway is lifted by the action of two large concrete slabs of slightly greater weight than the lifted roadway, which block the roadway when fully down. They are set in downwards motion to lift the bridge by a very slight action of the motors, as gravity does the rest.

Rather unusually, a public non-toll road travels directly underneath the approach span. A municipal garage is also located underneath the rising road after the toolbooth. During times when the bridge is up for a boat passing underneath, large traffic backups are created on Keim Boulevard, the road that functions as the route to the bridge from U.S. Route 130 and Broad Street. The tollbooths are equipped with E-ZPass and the toll is paid by those cars going north to the Pennsylvania side.

New bridges for the site have been proposed, but most would require the access ramp to extend out to Route 130, which would result in the destruction of historic buildings, as well as the large industrial park near the bridge.