Scudder Falls Bridge Replacement

The original Scudder Falls Bridge opened to traffic in June 1961. Following the completion of New Jersey’s interstate highway approach in October 1974, the bridge rapidly became an important regional commuter link between the “Garden State” and neighboring Pennsylvania. When the bridge exceeded its useful service life and intended capacity by the turn of the century, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission launched a replacement program consisting of related highway and interchange improvements.

The Commission, which was assigned ownership of the functionally obsolete bridge in July 1987, pursued a five-year project to build a dual-span replacement bridge and transform the flanking highway corridor now signed as I-295.

STV, as a subconsultant, provided design services for the widening and reconstruction of 2.2 miles of I-295 – a significant piece of the larger program to replace the 4.4-mile-long highway/bridge system. STV’s scope of work included a grade-separated interchange at Taylorsville Road, traffic analyses and designs for highway drainage systems and two approach bridge replacements. Additionally, the firm designed infrastructure to support an all-electronic toll collection system, electronic surveillance monitoring, roadway lighting and intelligent transportation system facilities in Pennsylvania. The bridge was named a top bridge by Roads & Bridges magazine in 2022.