The Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge (also know as the Interstate 80 Toll Bridge) is a toll bridge that crosses the Delaware River at the Delaware Water Gap, connecting New Jersey and Pennsylvania, carrying Interstate 80. Delaware River Watershed The Delaware River is a river on the Atlantic coast of the United States. ... The Delaware Water Gap is a geologic formation on the border of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, where the Delaware River traverses a large ridge of the Appalachian Mountains. ... Official language(s) None defined, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 47th 22,608 km² 110 km 240 km 14. ... Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 33rd 119,283 km² 255 km 455 km 2. ... INTERSTATE JUNCTIONS JUNCTION EXIT # US-101 CA 1 I-5 CA 86 I-15 UT 120 UT 124 I-84 UT 168 I-25 WY 359 I-76 NE 102 I-29 IA 1A IA 4 I-35 IA 123 IA 137 I-74 IA 298 I-88 IL 4B...

The facility opened to the public on December 16, 1953 to carry US 611 and was built by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission. The 2,465 foot-long bridge is a multiple span dual roadway with a steel plate structure. The roadways are 28-feet wide each and separated from each other by a aluminum median barrier. Interstate 80 was routed onto the bridge in 1959. December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission was created in 1934 to build and operate toll bridges across the Delaware River, which is the boundary between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, from Trenton, New Jersey north to the New York border. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

There is a pedestrian sidewalk on the south side of the New Jersey-bound section of the bridge, separated from motor vehicles with a concrete divider. The pedestrian walk way on the Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge connects the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania with the southern terminus of the trail in New Jersey. The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area surrounds both sides of the river near the bridge and Worthington State Forest is located along the bridge's New Jersey side. The Pocosin cabin along the trail in Shenandoah National Park The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply The A.T., is a 2,174 mile (3500 km) marked hiking trail in the eastern United States, extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin... Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, administered by the National Park Service, preserves almost 70,000 acres (283 km²) of land along the Delaware Rivers New Jersey and Pennsylvania shores. ... Worthington State Forest, taken from a campsite 6,421-acre Worthington State Forest runs more than seven miles along the Kittatinny Ridge on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River, just north of the Delaware Water Gap in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. ...

An eight-lane toll plaza is located on the Pennsylvania side of the bridge, serving westbound traffic only. Cash toll for automobiles is 75¢, with a 20% discount (60¢) when using E-ZPass. An E-ZPass Commuter 40% discount is available to those making 20 or more trips in 35 days. A toll road, turnpike or tollpike is a road on which a toll authority collects a fee for use. ... E-ZPass (Fast Lane in Massachusetts, Smart Tag in Virginia, I-Pass in Illinois) is the electronic toll collection system used on most toll bridges and toll roads in the eastern United States from Virginia to Maine, and recently extended into Illinois. ...

External link

• Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge at the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission website