New Hope-Lambertville Bridge

The New Hope-Lambertville Bridge, commonly referred to as simply the Lambertville Bridge is a through truss bridge over the Delaware River between New Hope, Pennsylvania and Lambertville, New Jersey. The bridge is one of two crossings connecting these two towns and is much older than the crossing upstream, the New Hope-Lambertville Toll Bridge.

The New Hope-Lambertville Bridge opened in 1904, the same year as the Washington Crossing Bridge downstream. Additionally, the New Hope-Lambertville Bridge is only the second bridge upstream on the Delaware River to include a backspan crossing over the Delaware and Raritan Canal, the first bridge being the Scudder Falls Bridge. The historic and mostly disused D&R Canal flows directly through downtown Lambertville, and an historic state park as well as a waterfall and dam are present in the town.

The New Hope-Lambertville Bridge is currently posted at a maximum weight limit of 4 tons and a maximum height limit of 12 feet 4 inches. As such, large trucks cannot cross the bridge and are encouraged to use the New Hope-Lambertville Toll Bridge on US Route 202 located just upstream.

The official name of the bridge as designated on the plaque is the New Hope-Lambertville Toll Supported Bridge. However, tolls have not been present on the bridge since the mid 1920's. The former toll booth location is now a parking lot at an entrance to the Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail.