Crews to Begin Prep Work for New Hope-Lambertville Bridge Project

Next week, crews will begin prepping the New Hope-Lambertville Bridge for rehabilitation work.

The pre-construction preparatory work is not anticipated to affect pedestrian or vehicular crossings at the bridge, according to the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission.

Both travel lanes and the bridge walkway will remain open during the pre-construction period, which is expected to last until Jan. 22.

During the three weeks, the project’s contractor and sub-contractors are expected to mobilize equipment and materials at a secured lot located about a mile away from the bridge.

Actual project construction activities won't begin until around Jan. 22. This is when the “free” bridge’s roadway will be restricted to a single open travel lane in the Pennsylvania-bound direction only (which is the toll direction at the Route 202 toll bridge one mile upstream).

The “free” bridge’s New Jersey-bound traffic will be detoured to the Route 202 bridge, which is untolled for travel into New Jersey. The New Jersey-bound detour is expected to remain in place for several months.

Under the contractor’s current schedule, the bridge’s walkway will remain open when construction gets underway on Jan. 22. The commission anticipates that it will be able to provide more information on the contractor’s construction plans and anticipated walkway impacts by the second week of Jan.

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Source: MSN