NEW HOPE: Free bridge shutdown scheduled

During overnight hours between Dec. 12 and 13

   NEW HOPE — The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission has announced that the New Hope-Lambertville Toll-Supported Bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic for at least four hours during overnight hours between Dec. 12 and 13.
   The vehicular traffic shutdown is needed to allow commission maintenance workers to install a new overhead weight-limit sign on the bridge’s New Hope side.
   The sign that previously hung at the location was damaged when Superstorm Sandy passed through the region on Oct. 29.
   The sign-installation procedure is expected to take place between 10 p.m. Wednesday and 6 a.m. Thursday, with up to four hours of the eight-hour period involving a full closure of the bridge’s two vehicular travel lanes.
   Alternating single-lane passage should be possible during the remaining time once the sign is initially bolted into place. The bridge’s pedestrian walkway is expected to remain open throughout the procedure.
   Like many of the commission’s historic two-lane truss bridges, the span linking the downtowns of New Hope and Lambertville is outfitted with signs prohibiting overweight truck crossings. The bridge has a 4-ton weight limit.
   For more information about the commission and its various initiatives to deliver safer and more convenient bridge travel for its customers, see: www.drjtbc.org.