The Delaware River Scenic Byway
State Scenic Byway · Lambertville, New Jersey
Thirty-three miles of Route 29 running north from Trenton along the New Jersey bank of the Delaware to Frenchtown, with the river on one side and the feeder canal and its towpath on the other for most of the way. IT IS A NEW JERSEY STATE SCENIC BYWAY and it is nothing like the rest of the state — two lanes, no shoulder, stone bridges, river towns every few miles and steep wooded ground rising to the east. IT PASSES WASHINGTON CROSSING, where the army came over on Christmas night 1776, and it is the best drive in New Jersey by a wide margin.
New Jersey Route 29, Lambertville, New Jersey, 08530, United States
A public state highway, free and open at all hours — about 33 miles of Route 29 from Trenton north to Frenchtown. SECTIONS CLOSE AFTER HEAVY RAIN AND IN SPRING SNOWMELT, sometimes for extended periods, because the road runs beside the Delaware and the Delaware floods — check conditions before setting out. Two lanes, no shoulder, narrow and winding, with low enforced speed limits and heavy cyclist and motorcycle traffic at weekends. Individual stops keep their own hours: Washington Crossing State Park has a seasonal parking fee and a small visitor centre charge, and Lambertville and Frenchtown town parking is metered or paid. River bridges to Pennsylvania have weight and width limits and some carry a small toll.
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