Tacony-Palmyra Bridge reopens after cargo ship crash, repairs ongoing

New video showing the moment a cargo ship crashed into the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge this afternoon and it was shut down for hours, making the evening commute a nightmare for a lot of people. And Dawn, the good news now it's back open. So a lot of people wondering, hey, what about getting to work and school in the morning? They should be okay. Yeah, fortunately, because I think a lot of people are breathing a huge sigh of relief tonight because if this bridge was still closed, that Friday morning commute would have been a nightmare. But after being closed for more than seven hours, the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge is open again to traffic. This is the dramatic surveillance video provided to Fox 29 when a large cargo ship hits the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge just after 1 o'clock this afternoon. You can see it slamming a section as it passes through during a bridge opening. That resulted in the heavily traveled bridge being stuck in the upright position for hours, closing it to vehicles and pedestrians. The steel bridge carries three lanes of traffic. Two into Philadelphia and one into New Jersey and the closing causing major traffic headaches for the thousands of people who use it every day. State Representative Ed Nielsen sharing an alert on social media warning drivers to find an alternative route. And cautioning there could also be significantly heavier traffic on other Delaware River bridges. We encountered heavy traffic on the Betsy Ross Bridge coming from the New Jersey side into Philly as we checked out the impact. It's not clear how much damage was done to the bridge, but crews spending most of the daylight hours working on the structure. And even after darkness fell, they were making repairs and opening and closing the bridge several times in the process. Yes, the Coast Guard said. It says it is investigating damage to the vessel, but it appears to be minimal, and the ship is currently at the Kinder Morgan facility in Moorestown. Representative Ed Nielsen updating the situation about 6.30 tonight on social media, answering the million-dollar question. The bridge is expected to be back to normal for the Friday morning commute. It was 8.40 tonight when the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge finally reopened to traffic. With a lane closure heading into Philly, crews still working on a section of the bridge as we drove over from New Jersey into Pennsylvania. Now, estimates show from 2025 that as many as 76,000 drivers use this bridge daily. So those thousands of drivers will not have to worry about the bridge being closed tomorrow. The other good news, no one was injured. Jason? All right, Dawn, thank you very much.