New Jersey-to-Philly commuters face rough summer

By Geoff Mulvihill

Published May 25, 2014 6:50pm ET

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New Jersey-to-Philly commuters face rough summer — In this May 21, 2014 photo, Delaware River Port Authority CEO John Hanson, hands information cards to drivers in Camden, N.J., at the toll lanes of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge between Camden and Philadelphia. Starting June 3, one of the two sets of PATCO train tracks over the Ben Franklin Bridge will be closed for two months to be replaced. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) | Mel Evans

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Commuters between southern New Jersey and Philadelphia are in for a rough summer.

Work on the tracks and electrical systems on the PATCO Speedline will mean a less frequent schedule for the train line used by 40,000 per day and closed car lanes on the Ben Franklin Bridge, which carries trains — and 100,000 cars daily — over the Delaware River,

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