| Bridge Name: | Trenton–Morrisville Toll Bridge |
| Carries: | 6 lanes of |
| Crosses: | Delaware River |
| Locale: | Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey |
| Maint: | Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission |
| Length: | 403.56 meters (1,324 feet) |
| Width: | 18.90 meters (62 feet) |
| Open: | December 1, 1952[1] |
| Toll: | Southbound: $3.00 toll-by-plate for cars $1.50 E-ZPass for cars[2] |
| Coordinates: | 40.2092°N -74.7677°W |
The Trenton–Morrisville Toll Bridge is one of three road bridges connecting Trenton, New Jersey with Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Opened on December 1, 1952, it carries U.S. Route 1 (US 1) and is owned and operated by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission.[3]
Construction of the bridge took two years to complete, and cost $6,650,000.[4]
Opened to traffic on December 1, 1952, following brief ribbon-cutting ceremonies that were conducted on the bridge and presided over by Henry T. Shelly, a vice president of the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission and former mayor of Milford, New Jersey, the new Trenton-Morrisville Toll Bridge was first crossed by automobiles driven by a railroad conductor and a salesman, Joseph E. Wooley, of Bristol, Pennsylvania.[5] [6]
This bridge's toll plaza was originally configured to collect tolls from both the northbound and southbound travel lanes. Today, tolls are collected only from vehicles travelling southbound (entering Pennsylvania/leaving New Jersey).
Beginning in 2006, the Trenton–Morrisville Toll Bridge underwent renovation work to expand and rehabilitate the bridge and auxiliary structures. Improvements included the addition of a third northbound lane on the main bridge, installing a new soundwall along Northbound US 1 in Pennsylvania as well as lengthening deceleration lanes. This $67 million project was designed by the Louis Berger Group and awarded to Conti Enterprises Incorporated, and concluded in 2009.[7]