Tolls Start Sunday On PA-Bound Scudder Falls Bridge

LOWER MAKEFIELD, PA — Tolling will begin Sunday, July 14 on the new Scudder Falls Toll Bridge’s first completed span. Tolling will start shortly after midnight for Pennsylvania-bound vehicles.

An all-electronic tolling gantry on the bridge’s Pennsylvania side will assess tolls via E-ZPass transponder readers or high-resolution camera images of vehicle license plates without E-ZPass.

Non-EZPass customers will receive Toll by Plate invoices in the mail and will be charged higher rates due to the additional costs of looking up motor vehicle registrations, preparing and processing billings, and mailing, according to the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission.

The base Class 1 passenger vehicle rates (cars, pickup trucks, motorcycles, SUVs; two axles and less than eight feet high) are $1.25 for E-ZPass and $2.60 for Toll By Plate.

The toll processor for the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission -- which owns and operates the Scudder Falls Toll Bridge -- is the regional New Jersey E-ZPass Customer Service Center.

E-ZPass accounts can be established through the New Jersey E-ZPass Customer Service Center at www.ezpassnj.com or dialing 1-888-AUTO-TOLL (1-888-288-6865).

Some travel restrictions for construction purpurses are planned in the coming week:

• The on-ramp to I-295 SB from NJ Route 175/River Road in Ewing will be shut down for roughly a year starting approximately 5 a.m. Monday, July 15. Drivers should use the nearby on-ramp to I-295 SB off the downstream roundabout at the I-295/Route 29 interchange.
• During the week of July 14, New Jersey-bound I-295 traffic will continue to move across the old Scudder Falls Bridge while Pennsylvania-bound I-295 traffic will move across the new Scudder Falls Toll Bridge’s first completed span.
• I-295 WB from the bridge to the Route 332/Newtown-Yardley Road interchange (Exit 8) – Off-peak intermittent single-lane travel – if needed for construction – 8 p.m. to 2 p.m. (next day) Monday, July 15, through Friday, July 19.
• I-295 EB/SB approaching the Scudder Falls Bridge and continuing across the bridge to NJ – Off-peak intermittent single-lane travel – if needed for construction activities – 10 a.m. to 6 a.m. (next day) Monday, July 15, through Friday, July 19.
• Taylorsville Road north of I-295 – Intermittent single-lane patterns with possible flagger-controlled travel 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, July 15, to Friday, July 19.
• Taylorsville Road south of I-295 – Intermittent single-lane patterns with possible flagger-controlled travel 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, July 15, to Friday, July 19.
• Woodside Road – Intermittent right or left lane closures with passage maintained in each direction and/or flagging-controlled travel 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, July 15, to Friday, July 19
• PA Route 32/River Road – Intermittent alternating traffic controlled by flaggers 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, July 15, to Friday, July 19.