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Title: Were Any of The Free Delaware River Crossings Tolled?
Post by: roadman65 on March 23, 2024, 04:31:13 PM
https://maps.app.goo.gl/c6eY3bzVdRxVBHCH9
Looks like a former toll house in Morrisville, PA at the Calhoun Street Bridge across the Delaware.
Title: Re: Were Any of The Free Delaware River Crossings Tolled?
Post by: jeffandnicole on March 23, 2024, 05:19:29 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on March 23, 2024, 04:31:13 PM
https://maps.app.goo.gl/c6eY3bzVdRxVBHCH9
Looks like a former toll house in Morrisville, PA at the Calhoun Street Bridge across the Delaware.

There's a similar house/shed on the other end of this bridge:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/JTb4VygVNebX1pWAA .

Also one at the Trenton Makes Bridge:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/kqkbr4S8W5c3HYWD7 .

They're used for the DRJTBC maintenance crews. No idea if they had a previous use for tolls or what year they were installed.
Title: Re: Were Any of The Free Delaware River Crossings Tolled?
Post by: storm2k on March 26, 2024, 09:09:02 PM
In short, yes (https://www.drjtbc.org/bridges/calhoun-street/). Several of the free bridges were tolled until the 1920s.