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The bridge is named after American poet and essayist Walt Whitman, who resided in nearby Camden toward the end of his life. Walt Whitman Bridge is 11,981 feet (3,652 m) in length, making it one of the larger bridges on the East Coast of the United States. The bridge is owned and operated by the Delaware River Port Authority. [1]
Toll increases coming for the Benjamin Franklin, Betsy Ross, Commodore Barry and Walt Whitman Bridges.
Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission: I-80: 2,465.0 751.3 $3.00 Pay-by-Plate or E-ZPass (Toll westbound only) Dingman's Ferry Bridge: Dingmans Choice and Delaware Bridge Co. PA 739 / CR 560: 530.0 161.5 Cash only, the last privately-owned toll bridge on the Delaware Easton–Phillipsburg Toll Bridge: Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge ...
Commodore Barry Bridge (toll) : US 322 / CR 536: Chester and Bridgeport: Walt Whitman Bridge (toll) : I-76: Philadelphia and Gloucester City: RiverLink Ferry (summer) : Philadelphia and Camden
In 1955, the existing bridge was renamed Benjamin Franklin Bridge, while the name Walt Whitman Bridge was approved for the new bridge that would open in 1957. By 1966, two more bridges were approved: the Commodore Barry Bridge (opened February 1, 1974) and the Betsy Ross Bridge (opened April 30, 1976). In 1974 and 1990, the Ben Franklin Bridge ...
The departure will lead to the temporary shutdown of two major bridges connecting Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the Walt Whitman and Commodore Barry bridges.
E-ZPass is an electronic toll collection system used on toll roads, toll bridges, and toll tunnels in the Eastern, Midwestern, and Southeastern United States.The E-ZPass Interagency Group (IAG) consists of member agencies in several states, which use the same technology and allow travelers to use the same transponder on toll roads throughout the network.
The pressure and traffic on the Clark Memorial bridge is directly caused by expensive tolls on the only other alternate route— the I-65 bridge