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Portland–Columbia Toll Bridge

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The Portland–Columbia Toll Bridge is a toll bridge over the Delaware River between Pennsylvania Route 611 at Portland, Pennsylvania, and U.S. Route 46 in the Columbia section of Knowlton Township, New Jersey, United States. It is owned and operated by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission. New Jersey Route 94 begins on the Pennsylvania-New Jersey State Line over the river, and continues into New Jersey, though it is not signed as that route until after leaving the bridge.

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Portland–Columbia Toll Bridge
Washington Street, Knowlton Township

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Portland-Columbia Toll Bridge

Washington Street
07832 Knowlton Township
New Jersey, United States
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Darlington's Bridge at Delaware Station

The Darlington's Bridge at Delaware Station was a highway bridge that spanned the Delaware River in the community of Delaware, New Jersey (known locally as Delaware Station). A railroad bridge built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in 1871 to replace an earlier 1855 timber span, this bridge was sold off when a new bridge was erected upstream. Henry V. Darlington, an Episcopal minister in Delaware and nearby Belvidere offered to buy the second-hand bridge for $5,000 (1914 USD, equal to $146,080 today). Darlington converted it into a highway bridge, using two fired members of the nearby Meyer's Ferry to be toll collectors. The use of this bridge subsequently increased; as a result, it became part of State Highway Route 6 in 1927 and U.S. Route 46 in 1936. In 1932, during the massive state takeover of bridges by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, Darlington refused buyout offers, bargaining his way up to $275,000 (1932 USD, equal to $5,898,415 today) before accepting the sale. This amount was far less than the sale prices of the nearby Belvidere-Riverton and Portland-Columbia Covered Bridge, which were accepted for $60,000 (equal to $1,286,927 today) and $50,000 (equal to $1,072,439 today) respectively. Around that same time, tolls on this bridge and Route 6 were eliminated, and the bridge continued to operate toll-free for twenty-one years, until the Portland-Columbia Toll Bridge was erected upstream at Columbia. The Commission finally ceased operations on the Darlington Bridge on April 3, 1954, and the bridge was immediately demolished.