A wall of green steel rises over the Delaware River at the edge of Palmyra, framing the roadway like the entrance to an enormous industrial tunnel. Most drivers barely notice.
They watch the lanes, prepare for the toll, and continue toward Philadelphia without realizing that one of South Jersey’s best river views is just a few feet away. The Tacony-Palmyra Bridge has connected Burlington County with Northeast Philadelphia since 1929, but it is more than a convenient link between two states.
A pedestrian walkway runs alongside the traffic, giving walkers and cyclists an unusually close look at its riveted framework, massive arch, movable draw span, and stone piers. Out on the bridge, the familiar Delaware suddenly feels much larger…