New Delaware River Bridge Project Threatens Bristol Township Homes in Edgely Neighborhood

More than a dozen Bristol Township homes could be demolished to make way for a new Delaware River Bridge as the Pennsylvania Turnpike pushes forward with one of its most ambitious infrastructure projects in decades, writes JD Mullane for Bucks County Courier Times.

Turnpike officials confirmed this week that roughly 13 residences stand in the path of the proposed corridor, a replacement for the aging span that has carried Interstate 95 traffic between Bucks County and New Jersey since 1956.

The new bridge would rise north of the existing structure, threading through the Edgely neighborhood and along Hammond Avenue, where retention basins are also planned…

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