Burlington-Bristol Bridge

The Burlington-Bristol Bridge is a steel through truss vertical-lift bridge over the Delaware River between Burlington, New Jersey and Bristol, Pennsylvania. The bridge opened in 1931 and is one of the newest of the historic bridges along the Delaware River. Many of the Delaware River historic bridges opened between 1900 and 1925, and some even opened earlier than 1900. As such, the Burlington-Bristol Bridge is considered relatively new, despite being close to 100 years old.

The Burlington-Bristol Bridge carries two narrow lanes of traffic over the river. The vertical-lift span will open for large ships traversing the Delaware River. However, the Burlington-Bristol Bridge and the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge are the only two moveable bridges along the Delaware - as such large ships cannot traverse the river upstream of Trenton, New Jersey.

The Bristol Bridge is also one of the only Delaware River Bridges that does not accept EZ-PASS tolls - all vehicles traveling westbound must pay a cash toll of $4.50 - eastbound passage is free. There is a sidewalk on the north side of the bridge that allows pedestrians and bicycles to cross for a $1.00 cash toll.