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Title: Tacony-Palmyra Bridge
Post by: Dougtone on February 10, 2020, 10:14:42 PM
Added a blog post on the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge that crosses the Delaware River between Tacony, a neighborhood of northeast Philadelphia with Palmyra in New Jersey. There is a highway designation of PA 73 or NJ 73, depending on which side of the river you're on.

https://www.gribblenation.org/2020/02/tacony-palmyra-bridge.html (https://www.gribblenation.org/2020/02/tacony-palmyra-bridge.html)
Title: Re: Tacony-Palmyra Bridge
Post by: jeffandnicole on February 10, 2020, 10:40:45 PM
The original toll of the bridge was 5 cents. It doubled to 10 cents in the 1950s.

There's a fairly new brewery nearby that chose it's name based on this toll increase: Double Nickel Brewery, at the interchange of 73 and 130 near the bridge.
Title: Re: Tacony-Palmyra Bridge
Post by: Hot Rod Hootenanny on February 11, 2020, 11:32:18 PM
Tacony-Palmyra was (is?) much cheaper than the other crossing between Philadelphia & South Jersey. The T-P was the preferred crossing for my grandparents when we all went over (from the Main Line) to see my great-aunt in Moorestown, NJ
Title: Re: Tacony-Palmyra Bridge
Post by: jeffandnicole on February 12, 2020, 07:14:07 AM
Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on February 11, 2020, 11:32:18 PM
Tacony-Palmyra was (is?) much cheaper than the other crossing between Philadelphia & South Jersey.

$4 cash,  $3 EZ Pass.  The DRPA Bridges are $5 Cash/EZ Pass.
Title: Re: Tacony-Palmyra Bridge
Post by: roadman65 on February 12, 2020, 10:53:03 AM
I take the Bristol Bridge is also $4 and $3 as well being both part of the Burlington County Bridge System?