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The Route 22 toll bridge between Phillipsburg and Easton needs attention to keep rust and damage from worsening and to better regulate drainage. The cost? Traffic headaches spanning 20 months and nearly $30 million. Traffic will be reduced to one lane each direction through most of the 15-month project starting in June, except for a few months next winter. It’s not just the 75-year-old bridge having problems but also the lead-ups to the bridge and other nearby overpasses and bridges, Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission officials said at a public hearing on the project today in Easton. A nighttime hearing followed in Phillipsburg. Click here to read the article.
The Route 22 toll bridge between Phillipsburg and Easton needs attention to keep rust and damage from worsening and to better regulate drainage.
The cost? Traffic headaches spanning 20 months and nearly $30 million.
Traffic will be reduced to one lane each direction through most of the 15-month project starting in June, except for a few months next winter.
It’s not just the 75-year-old bridge having problems but also the lead-ups to the bridge and other nearby overpasses and bridges, Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission officials said at a public hearing on the project today in Easton. A nighttime hearing followed in Phillipsburg.
Click here to read the article.