July 23, 2025 — Last summer, CBS Philadelphia highlighted problems with the Middle Thorofare Bridge, which links Cape May and Wildwood Crest in New Jersey.
The bridge, which has carried hundreds of thousands of cars between the Wildwoods and Cape May, is in rough shape.
In fact, its condition keeps some local officials awake at night.
But now, there is a plan to completely replace the crossing.
Joe Rotondi was casting off, trying his luck in a new spot, just beneath the bridge.
The North Jersey native has traveled the bridge countless times, but underneath, he said, the angle was an eye-opener.
“It’s a little shaky,” Rotondi said. “I’m assuming it’s been here forever and things were built to last.”
On the other side of the inlet, things are busy off Wayne Reichle’s docks.
“We are harvesting between 75 to 100 million pounds of seafood annually,” Reichle, the president of Lund’s Fisheries, said.