The 100+ year old Northampton Street Bridge over the Delaware River unites Phillipsburg, NJ and Easton, Pa. It’s incredible traffic is due to the fact that the convenient more direct, newer alternative over route 22 costs 75 cents. As a result, thousands of cars divert from Route 22, wind through Phillipsburg’s Union Square, drive into Easton and then wind their way back onto Route 22 for points west.

Adding to the movement is a gas station on Union Square (gas is 30 cents cheaper in New Jersey) and a frieght train line that crosses Main Street, hosting 3-5  freight trains a day.

And yet, if you look at it right (and I look at it everyday) it’s very poetic.

This is a time elapse view of four hours in the life of that bridge.

Union Square, Phillipsburg, NJ, 4:30 pm from brienlee on Vimeo.

Shot and edited by Brien Lee