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===Bridges=== [[File:Driving across the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge, 2011.jpg|thumb|The [[Tacony-Palmyra Bridge]], a [[drawbridge]] that crosses the upper [[Delaware River]] from [[Palmyra, New Jersey]] to the [[Tacony, Philadelphia|Tacony]] section of [[Philadelphia]]]] The [[Burlington County Bridge Commission]] maintains the [[Tacony–Palmyra Bridge]] and the [[Burlington–Bristol Bridge]], both of which cross the [[Delaware River]]. The agency also maintains several bridges along CR 543, including the [[Riverside–Delanco Bridge]] over the [[Rancocas Creek]].<ref name=bcbc>[http://www.bcbridges.org/AboutUs/AboutOurBridges.aspx About Our Bridges] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715093225/http://www.bcbridges.org/AboutUs/AboutOurBridges.aspx |date=July 15, 2014 }}, [[Burlington County Bridge Commission]]. Accessed November 1, 2017.</ref> The Tacony–Palmyra Bridge is a combination steel [[tied-arch bridge|tied arch]] and double-leaf [[bascule bridge]] across the Delaware River that connects [[New Jersey Route 73]] in [[Palmyra, New Jersey|Palmyra]] with [[Pennsylvania Route 73]] in the [[Tacony, Philadelphia|Tacony]] section of [[Philadelphia]]. Designed by architect [[Ralph Modjeski]], the bridge is {{convert|3659|ft}} long and spans {{convert|2324|ft}}. After 18 months of construction, the bridge opened in 1929, replacing [[ferry]] service that had operated between the two places since 1922.<ref>[http://www.bcbridges.org/AboutUs/AboutOurBridges/TaconyPalmyraBridge.aspx Tacony–Palmyra Bridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130414130003/http://www.bcbridges.org/AboutUs/AboutOurBridges/TaconyPalmyraBridge.aspx |date=April 14, 2013 }}, [[Burlington County Bridge Commission]]. Accessed November 1, 2017.</ref> The Burlington–Bristol Bridge is a [[truss bridge]] with a [[lift bridge|lift span]] crossing the Delaware River from [[Burlington, New Jersey|Burlington]] to [[Bristol Township, Pennsylvania|Bristol Township]], [[Pennsylvania]]. Construction of the bridge started on April 1, 1930, and the bridge opened to traffic on May 2, 1931. The two-lane bridge is {{convert|2301|ft}} long; The lift span is {{convert|164.6|m|ft|order=flip}} long.<ref>[http://www.bcbridges.org/AboutUs/AboutOurBridges/BurlingtonBristolBridge.aspx Burlington-Bristol Bridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505204537/http://www.bcbridges.org/AboutUs/AboutOurBridges/BurlingtonBristolBridge.aspx |date=May 5, 2011 }}, [[Burlington County Bridge Commission]]. Accessed November 1, 2017.</ref> The 13.5 million toll-paying trips on the Burlington–Bristol and Tacony–Palmyra bridges and the per-car toll of $4 (reduced to $3 with [[E-ZPass]]) for cars heading into Pennsylvania generated $51 million in revenue in 2016.<ref>Hoover, Amanda. [http://www.nj.com/burlington/index.ssf/2017/10/how_much_tolls_get_paid_on_each_bridge_ranked.html "Here's how much Delaware River bridges collected in tolls last year"], ''[[NJ.com]]'', October 23, 2017. Accessed November 1, 2017. "The two smallest, and cheapest bridges, connect Burlington County to Northeast Philadelphia and Bristol, Pennsylvania. Operated by the Burlington County Bridge Commission, the Palmyra-Tacony and Burlington-Bristol bridges charge $3 for EZ-Pass users and $4 in cash, bringing in a combined revenue of $51,195,356.70 in 2016. Together, the two bridges brought nearly 13.5 million vehicles from New Jersey into Pennsylvania."</ref> The Riverside–Delanco Bridge is a truss bridge with a central [[swing bridge|swing span]] that carries [[County Route 543 (New Jersey)|County Route 543]] across the [[Rancocas Creek]], between [[Riverside Township, New Jersey|Riverside Township]] and [[Delanco Township, New Jersey|Delanco Township]]. The current bridge was built in 1934–1935 to replace the 1901 bridge, which itself replaced an 1870 structure.<ref>[http://www.bcbridges.org/AboutUs/AboutOurBridges/RiversideDelancoBridge.aspx Riverside-Delanco Bridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107023607/http://www.bcbridges.org/AboutUs/AboutOurBridges/RiversideDelancoBridge.aspx |date=November 7, 2017 }}, [[Burlington County Bridge Commission]]. Accessed November 1, 2017.</ref>
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