$5.98M In Upgrades Coming For Trenton-Morrisville Toll Bridge

MORRISVILLE, PA —The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission has awarded a $5.98 million construction contract for numerous improvements to the Trenton-Morrisville (Route 1) Toll Bridge.

The upgrades include milling and paving, roadway repairs, and concrete surface sealing at the bridge, its highway approaches, and nearby exit and entry ramps.

The project primarily involves milling and paving of all lanes and shoulders in both the
northbound and southbound directions of Route 1 within the commission’s jurisdiction, as well
as 11 ramps owned and maintained by the commission.

Other project tasks involve cleaning and sealing of concrete bridge decks (including the toll
bridge itself), repairs to concrete spalling —pitting, chipping, flaking, or peeling —of bridge
decks and median barriers, concrete roadway repairs, curve improvements to the ramp over NJ
Route 29 northbound, roadway restriping, and drainage pipe cleaning.

The milling and paving of Route 1 within the Commission’s jurisdiction includes a 1,800-foot
approach to the bridge on the Pennsylvania side of the river, beginning at the viaduct over the
Delaware Canal and Conrail tracks and extending to the bridge’s toll plaza.

On the New Jersey side of the river, the milling and paving work on Route 1 will extend 2,600 feet from the bridge to an area east of the underpass at South Broad Street. Milling and paving of bridge-jurisdiction entry and exit ramps also will be performed.

The commission’s Route 1 segments in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are showing signs of
deterioration. They were last rehabilitated in 2014.

To minimize motorist impacts, paving work will take place during off-peak hours. The
The commission plans to regularly issue travel alerts once impactful work gets underway.

The upcoming project’s construction contract was awarded to low-bidder Road-Con, Inc. of West Chester.

The commission approved the contract, for a not-to-exceed amount of $5,980,564.55, at its June 24 meeting. Construction activities are expected to begin later this month and reach substantial completion in late October.

The Trenton-Morrisville Toll Bridge was originally constructed in 1952 and is the Commission’s
second oldest toll crossing. It is a 12-span, simply supported composite steel girder and
concrete-deck structure with an overall length of 1,324 feet. The granite-faced piers and abutments are reinforced concrete.

The structure is the commission’s second most heavily used river crossing with an average daily traffic count of 53,300 vehicles in 2023.

About the Commission

The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission was formed statutorily by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey in 1934 and Congress ratified the arrangement under the Compact Clause of U.S. Constitution in August 1935.

The agency operates eight toll bridges and 12 toll-supported bridges, two of which are
pedestrian-only spans. The Commission is a self-supporting public-service agency that receives neither federal nor state tax dollars to finance its projects or operations. Funding for the operations, maintenance, and upkeep of its bridges and related transportation facilities is solely derived from revenues collected at its toll bridges.

The commission's jurisdiction extends along the Delaware River from the Philadelphia-Bucks County line north to the New Jersey/New York border. More than 131.5 million cars and trucks crossed Commission bridges in 2023. For more information, please go to: www.drjtbc.org.