Easton–Phillipsburg Toll Bridge

Easton-Phillipsburg Toll Bridge
Easton-Phillipsburg Toll Bridge
	Easton-Phillipsburg Toll Bridge between Easton, Pennsylvania and Phillipsburg, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°41′40″N 75°12′13″W / 40.6945°N 75.2036°W
Carries	4 lanes of US 22
Crosses	Delaware River
Locale	Easton, Pennsylvania and Phillipsburg, New Jersey
Official name	Easton-Phillipsburg Toll Bridge
Maintained by	Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission
Characteristics
Design	modified steel Pennsylvania (Petit) truss bridge
Total length	1,020 feet (310.9 m)
Width	40 feet (12.2 m)
Longest span	540 feet (164.6 m)
History
Opened	January 14, 1938
Statistics
Toll	Westbound:; $3.00 for cars without E-ZPass ; $1.50 for cars with E-ZPass
Location

The Easton–Phillipsburg Toll Bridge is a modified Pennsylvania (Petit) through truss bridge that carries U.S. Route 22 over the Delaware River. The bridge is located between Easton, Pennsylvania and Phillipsburg, New Jersey in the Lehigh Valley.

The Easton-Phillipsburg Toll Bridge opened on January 14, 1938,^[1] and is operated by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission.

Features

The western side of the bridge in Easton, Pennsylvania

The main river bridge consists of a 540-foot (160 m) Petit through-truss span over the river; a 430-foot (130 m), five-span plate-girder viaduct at the New Jersey approach, and a 40-foot (12 m) pre-stressed concrete boxbeam span over Pennsylvania Route 611 on the Pennsylvania approach.

The overall length is 1,020 feet (310 m). The four-lane facility has a roadway width of 40 feet (12 m). There are 8-foot (2.4 m) concrete pedestrian sidewalks outside the trusses on each side. The bridge is the 9th-longest (main span) simple truss and 9th-longest (main span) steel truss in the United States. When it was constructed in 1938, the bridge was the longest steel truss in the United States, a distinction it held for 19 years.

Tolls

The toll plaza collects only westbound lanes going into Pennsylvania, and includes the E-ZPass system. As of January 7, 2024, the toll rate per car is $3.00, or $1.50 if E-ZPass is used.^[3]