Delaware Memorial Bridge

As commercial pressures mounted, a ferry service began, as an interim measure, to run in 1926, near the bridge's current location.As traffic by cars and truck increased rapidly, the benefits of a bridge in this area became evident, and its construction was authorized by the highway departments of Delaware and New Jersey in 1945.The bridge quickly proved a popular travel route when the New Jersey Turnpike connection was completed at its north end.The Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA) began a $13 million project in 2003 to resurface the bridge, refurbish the expansion joints, upgrade the electrical system, and replace the elevators in the four towers.In 2022 the DRBA began a project to apply ultra-high performance concrete to the driving surface of the eastbound span (i.e., northbound Interstate 295).The $93 million ship collision protection system project consists of the installation of eight stone-filled dolphins, each measuring 80 feet (24 m) in diameter.Four cells are being installed at the piers supporting both eastern and western towers and will be located a minimum of 443 feet (135 m) from the edge of the Delaware River's 800-foot-wide (240 m) channel.[10] The DRBA has originally proposed to raise the toll from $4.00 to $5.00 on March 1, 2019,[11] however New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy vetoed this plan on January 3, 2019.[12] In February, the DRBA and the governors of Delaware and New Jersey reached an agreement which postponed the toll hike to May 1, as well as providing a 25 cent E-ZPass discount for passenger vehicles.As a result, the DRBA Police offers an "acrophobia support" service whereby a motorist can call ahead to arrange for an officer to drive them over the bridge.
Aerial image of Delaware Memorial Bridge (left), Wilmington, Delaware (top right), 2012
Postcard of the original span prior to the construction of the second
Delaware Memorial Bridge one-way toll plaza
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