Officials armed with sledgehammers ceremonially hit the old Shohola-Barryville Bridge over the Delaware River, marking the start of a US$9.4 million bridge replacement project. Despite the "bridge breaking" ceremony, the old bridge will remain in use until the new structure opens in 2006. The new bridge will be 247m long, with steel beams, a concrete deck and piers patterned to resemble Pennsylvania dry stacked bluestone. Contractor for the scheme is Fahs-Rolston Paving and preliminary design was by Gannett Fleming. It is a joint project between Pennsylvania and New York State.