Construction is progressing on the conversion of the New Hope–Lambertville (Route 202) Toll Bridge to all-electronic, highway-speed tolling, with new overhead equipment now installed and entering testing, officials said.
A steel toll gantry spanning the Pennsylvania approach to the bridge was erected in December, and crews have recently mounted license-plate cameras and E-ZPass readers that will allow tolls to be collected without stopping traffic.
Testing and calibration of the system is expected to continue through the spring. If the process proceeds as planned, open-road toll collection could begin as early as late May, according to the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission.
The project replaces the former southbound cash toll plaza with an overhead gantry that will charge tolls electronically using E-ZPass or license-plate billing. The work also includes structural repairs to the bridge’s Pennsylvania abutment.
The New Hope–Lambertville project is the first conversion of a former cash-collection toll plaza in the commission’s system to fully open-road tolling. Similar upgrades are planned at several other crossings that historically accepted cash payments.
Construction began in June 2025 and has included removal of toll lanes, equipment installation, and traffic shifts on the Pennsylvania side of the bridge.
During construction, vehicle width restrictions remain in place in the southbound tolled direction from New Jersey into Pennsylvania, and speeds through the work zone are reduced. Officials said those restrictions are expected to ease once the gantry becomes operational.
Tolls on the bridge are collected only in the southbound direction.
