Tolls Increasing On 8 Delaware River Bridges In 2026

BUCKS COUNTY, PA -- Tolls will be increasing on eight Delaware River bridges beginning January 1.

The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission approved the new toll schedule in November to finance transportation-infrastructure projects and improvements, offset rising construction-industry costs, and maintain favorable borrowing rates in the municipal bond market.

The rate changes affect all vehicle categories and will be applied to all eight of the commission’s toll bridges: Trenton-Morrisville (Route 1); Scudder Falls (I-295); New Hope-Lambertville (Route 202); I-78; Easton-Phillipsburg (Route 22); Portland-Columbia (Routes 611, 46, and 94); Delaware Water Gap (I-80); and Milford-Montague (Route 206).

(Source: Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission)

All commission tolling points operate cashless, all-electronic toll transactions involving E-ZPass and Toll By Plate (license plate billing). Tolls are collected only in the Pennsylvania-bound direction. The commission charges higher rates to Toll By Plate customers because that payment method involves increased costs for identifying vehicle owners and mailing toll bills. E-ZPass is the Commission’s most frequently used toll payment method.

The commission is funded strictly by the tolls it collects at its eight toll bridges. The agency does not receive state or federal subsidies to run its transportation system and services.

The commission is unique among other toll agencies in the region because it is legally obligated – under identical statutes enacted by both states and ratified by Congress under the Compact Clause of the U.S. Constitution -- to use a share of its tolls to operate and maintain 10 older low-capacity non-highway vehicular bridges and two pedestrian-only crossings along the river. The Commission refers to these 12 spans as “toll-supported bridges.”