Centre Bridge-Stockton Bridge
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The Centre Bridge-Stockton Bridge is a free bridge over the Delaware River, owned and operated by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission. The bridge connects CR 523 and NJ 29 in Stockton, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey to PA 263 in Centre Bridge, Solebury Township, Pennsylvania.
The route was for many years called Old York Road as it was the principal route from Philadelphia to New York.
The first bridge was a covered toll bridge built in 1814. The bridge was reconstructed in 1829.
Most of it was washed away in the flood of 1841. It was rebuilt well enough to be one of the few bridges not washed away by the flood of 1903.
In 1923, lightning struck the bridge and the resulting fire destroyed the bridge. The fire was depicted in a famous painting by Edward Willis Redfield who in 1898 had purchased and lived in a farm just north of the bridge.
The current steel truss bridge was completed in 1923.
[edit] Weekday Closure
The Centre Bridge is currently undergoing an extensive rehabilitation with an expected completion by late May, 2007. The bridge is closed completely from 6 a.m. on Mondays to 5 p.m. on Fridays, except for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President's Day, Good Friday, the Friday before the Lambertville, NJ Shad Festival and Memorial Day.
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| Bridges of the Delaware River | |||
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| Upstream Lumberville-Raven Rock Bridge (pedestrian)  |
Centre Bridge-Stockton Bridge  |
Downstream New Hope-Lambertville Toll Bridge  |
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