 the scudder falls bridge is a plate girder bridge that carries interstate 95 over the delaware river, connecting lower makefield township in bucks county, pennsylvania with ewing township in mercer county, new jersey, united states. this bridge, which was constructed from 1958 to 1959, is maintained by the delaware river joint toll bridge commission, but currently is toll-free. this bridge is the southernmost freeway-standard bridge over the delaware river that requires no tolls for vehicular traffic in either direction. the current bridge structure, while structurally sufficient, is functionally obsolete, and it requires major expansion or replacement. 300px|thumb|left|scudder falls bridge seen from yardley, pennsylvania in october 2009, the delaware river joint toll bridge commission issued a press release marking the bridge's 50th anniversary.http://www.drjtbc.org/default.aspx?pageid=1582 ==origin of name== the scudder falls bridge derives its name from richard betts scudder, who according to the long island genealogy surname database, died in 1754 at "scudders falls, hunterdon county" (mercer county was part of hunterdon county until 1838). one of richard scudder's ancestors from kent, england was named henry skudder. the k in the surname apparently became a c at some point in time, helping to give the falls and modern-day bridge its name. the "falls" (really just an area of rapids) are located about 1/2 mile north of the bridge, and the entrance to the delaware and raritan canal state park just north of the bridge is signed as the "scudders falls
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