LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. (Hunterdon County) — Open-road all-electronic tolling is now in service at the New Hope-Lambertville Toll Bridge, according to the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission.
The first transaction at the newly installed highway-speed tolling gantry was recorded at 11:01 a.m. Wednesday, June 24. Tolls are collected only in the Pennsylvania-bound direction on Route 202 southbound.
The opening marks the first time the commission has converted a former cash-collection tolling point to open-road service.
For the past two years, the bridge had operated with cashless tolling using former toll plaza infrastructure. Cash collections ended at the bridge June 17, 2024, leaving drivers with electronic payment options through E-ZPass or TOLL BY PLATE license-plate billing.
The open-road tolling system is part of a roughly 22-month project that also includes demolition of the former toll plaza, repairs and improvements to the bridge’s Pennsylvania abutment, and realignment and reconstruction of the Route 202 roadway on the Pennsylvania side of the bridge.
The bridge has been reduced to one lane in each direction since last summer to allow construction to continue.
All construction is expected to be completed during the first half of 2027. At that time, the bridge and its approaches are expected to return to two lanes in each direction, and remaining project-related speed and size restrictions would end.
The New Hope-Lambertville Toll Bridge carries Route 202 between Delaware Township, New Jersey, and Solebury Township, Pennsylvania. The bridge is located about one mile north of the commercial centers of Lambertville and New Hope.
Slightly more than 10,000 vehicles cross the bridge daily, according to the commission. The bridge also has the highest E-ZPass use rate among the commission’s eight toll bridges, with nearly 94% of transactions using E-ZPass.
The four-lane bridge, currently reduced to single lanes in each direction, will turn 55 years old July 22.
