The dramatic incident took place Tuesday morning on the New Jersey-bound span of the bridge.
NEW CASTLE, Del. -- A woman who was seen sitting on a ledge of the Delaware Memorial Bridge Tuesday morning was apparently successfully talked out of jumping.
A spokesman for the Delaware River and Bay Authority, operator of the bridge declined any comment on the incident despite repeated requests.
The DRBA sent out a message on Twitter around 7:50 a.m. saying there was "police activity" on the Jersey-bound span and the two right lanes of the bridge were closed.
A passerby posted photos on Facebook of a woman sitting on the bridge ledge on the river side of the railing facing south.
In one photo it appears she is talking on a cell phone. A DRBA police officer is standing nearby. To the left is a red vehicle with what appears to be New Jersey tags.
From the picture it looks like the location may be near mid-span of the bridge which is about 200 feet above the Delaware River below.
About an hour after its first message on Twitter, the DRBA sent out another tweet saying the police activity had been "successfully completed."
Asked if that message meant the woman had been talked down, a DRBA spokesperson again declined confirm that was the case.
Mid-span, or the center of the bridge, it is about 200 feet from the roadway to the waters of the Delaware River below.
DRBA police officers receive training on how to aid those who are contemplating suicide.
One of the longest-known negotiation incidents in recent years between a potential jumper and bridge authorities occurred on Aug. 1, 2012. After more than seven hours of negotiations, a man who threatened to jump from the New Jersey-bound span was persuaded by DRBA police officers to come down.
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That drama began in the late morning and was not over until early evening. The man sat most of the time on the bridge's outer ledge.
The last known suicide on the bridge was on the morning of March 22 this year when an Edison man jumped to his death from the New Jersey-bound span.
His body was not immediately recovered. It was found along the Delaware River south of the bridge on April 8 near the shore of Battery Park in Old New Castle, Delaware.
His name was not released by the DRBA.
Earlier in the morning Tuesday there had been a tractor-trailer fire that had impacted traffic on the New Jersey-bound span.
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