 After this, life went back to normal in both communities.In October 1928, after the charter and opening of the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, the bridge company was asked to sell the bridge to the commission for $60,000 (1928 USD), and on June 14, 1929, the commission abolished tolls along the bridge, making it free to cross at either end.With the bridge now under the control of the toll bridge commission, extensive repairs began on the 25-year-old structure.