Delaware Memorial Bridge

A bridge popular with weekend vacationers crossing between New Jersey and Delaware slowed to near halt Friday morning as drivers had to wait for concrete to dry.

The Delaware River and Bay Authority’s new toll schedule went into effect at the strike of midnight Wednesday, May 1. The price to cross between New Jersey and Delaware increased from $4 to $5 for cars and small trucks that occasionally use the bridge.

NBC10 First Alert Traffic reporter Matt DeLucia has tips to save a little money as you cross between New Jersey and Delaware on the Delaware Memorial Bridge after tolls went up overnight.

The Delaware Memorial Bridge toll will increase from $4 to $5 for cars at midnight. The increase is expected to generate millions for bridge repairs and other improvements.

Mourners from across the country are paying their final respects to a U.S. Marine and decorated FDNY firefighter killed in a bombing in Afghanistan earlier this month.

A police-escorted funeral procession carrying the remains of Staff Sgt. Christopher Slutman left Dover Air Force Base in Delaware Monday morning.

In March, the toll to cross Delaware Memorial Bridge will increase to $5 for regular passenger cars. The revenue will be used to fund bridge repairs.

It will cost more to cross the Delaware Memorial Bridge next year.

The cost of crossing the Delaware Memorial Bridge could be going up as the group that oversees the overpass looks for new revenue streams to fund infrastructure projects.

Delaware Memorial Bridge tolls may be rising. The bridge authority will hold a public hearing next week to discuss raising the tolls from $4 to $5.

A preliminary investigation has found that a gasket failure caused a chemical gas leak that forced the temporary closure of a heavily used bridge connecting Delaware and New Jersey on one of the busiest travel days of the year.

A leak of a flammable chemical from a plant next to the Delaware Memorial Bridge forced a shut down of the dual-span suspension bridge on Sunday creating a traffic nightmare during the travel rush home from the Thanksgiving holiday.

A potentially “catastrophic” chemical leak shut down the Delaware Memorial Bridge for hours Sunday night. Now we’re asking officials if anything could have been done to prevent it.

A ship passing in the night is causing the brief closure of a major Philadelphia area bridge this weekend in what’s expected to be a close encounter.

A shootout along Camac Street in the Fern Rock section of Philadelphia sent two men to the hospital. During the shootout, a bullet hit the home of a woman who was home with her cats. The bullet barely missing them. NBC10’s Matt DeLucia sorts through the investigation.

Lanes on a busy bridge connecting Delaware and South Jersey reopened Wednesday after a construction fire closed it for hours.

Nearly 18 million vehicles cross span between Delaware & New Jersey.

Traffic restrictions during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia could mean more traffic on the Delaware Memorial Bridge.