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A cargo ship heading to the international port in Falls Township struck the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge Thursday.
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The strike happened as the ship sailed up the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Palmyra, New Jersey.
As of 5 p.m., the bridge was closed to traffic as officials responded to the incident. The drawbridge was opened for some time before crews lowered the roadway, CBS 3 reported.
“Bridge Closed to Vehicular and Pedestrian Traffic Until Further Notice!” the Burlington County Bridge Commission said on its website Thursday evening.
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State Rep. Ed Neilson, of Philadelphia, reported there were no injuries in the incident.
The U.S. Coast Guard said the vessel that struck the bridge was at the Kinder Morgan port. The name of the ship was not released.
The vessel struck the large drawbridge portion of the span around 1:15 p.m., the Coast Guard told the Associated Press.
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The 3,659-foot bridge was opened to traffic in 1929 and cost $4 million to build.
