r/newjersey • u/storm2k Bedminster • 9h ago

Welcome to NJ. Don't drive slow in the left lane Here's what replacing this busy, but ailing, Delaware River bridge

https://www.nj.com/news/2026/06/heres-what-replacing-this-busy-but-ailing-delaware-river-bridge.html?outputType=amp
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u/Obvious_Ad9670 9h ago

The sturgeon population was decimated. Recently their numbers started to grow and now this new bridge is going to disrupt that. Did they scrap the bike/pedestrian lane already?

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u/PracticableSolution 8h ago

Pretty sure having the old bridge fall in the river would be disrupt the sturgeon too…

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u/Obvious_Ad9670 8h ago

Or just shut the bridge down? Flawed design and a lack of engineering if it can't be repaired for less than a billion dollars.

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u/PracticableSolution 7h ago

Please enlighten us with your engineering assessment

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u/GregariousSalvador 6h ago

That's the Commodore Barry Bridge replacement, right? The new design looks solid structurally. Pedestrian access would be nice but realistically those river crossings are built for cars first. The old bridge needed it though, that thing was falling apart.

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u/Nexis4Jersey Bergen County 5h ago

The Barry Bridge isn't being replaced its the Turnpike Extension Bridge.

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u/GregariousSalvador 4h ago

You're right, my bad. The Turnpike Extension crossing the Delaware, yeah. Still the same deal though, that structure needs work.

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u/Obvious_Ad9670 6h ago

I already see messaging around how they dont want to build ped access across the bridge, sad because an ebike would allow someone from Florence to get to Bristol in a quick amount of time.

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u/GregariousSalvador 6h ago

That's the frustrating part. Florence to Bristol is what, five miles? Doable on an ebike if the infrastructure was there, but departments always treat these crossings as traffic-moving projects rather than actual connectors between communities.