Parkway Interchange 91 In Brick Opening Tuesday

BRICK, NJ — More than three years after finalized plans initially were announced and more than a year after it was forecast to be completed, the reconfigured Garden State Parkway interchange 91 will be opened to travelers.

In a post on Facebook, Brick Township police said access to the Parkway at the interchange, with all of its traffic reconfigurations, is expected to go into operation on Tuesday, May 16. Police officers will be on the scene to help in the transition to the new traffic patterns, the post said.

"USE CAUTION," Brick police said in all capital letters in a Nixle alert about the opening.

The opening of the southbound access means motorists in the Herbertsville section of town no longer will be forced to drive across town to access the southbound ramp off Chambersbridge Road, just west of Brick Township High School.

It also should ease traffic jams that have long existed in the area.

The announcement by Brick police said traffic signals will be activated at the following intersections:

• Stephan Road/Lanes Mill Road.
• Herborn Avenue Extension/Lanes Mill Road.
• Herborn Avenue/Burnt Tavern Road.
• Burnt Tavern Road/Lanes Mill Road/Garden State Parkway ramp.

The lights will be activated in the new configuration to accommodate new and reconfigured entrance and exit ramps for Garden State Parkway southbound. Drivers are cautioned to be alert for new traffic patterns and construction workers, police said.

Ocean County officials said the project included the following changes:

• A new northbound entrance ramp from Burnt Tavern Road and Lanes Mill Road, with access to the Park-N-Ride lot on the east side of the Parkway.
• A second northbound entrance ramp for vehicles traveling eastbound on Burnt Tavern Road. This ramp will also allow access from Burrsville Road. The single existing northbound ramp will be eliminated.
• A new northbound exit ramp linking the Parkway and Burrsville Road.
• A new southbound entrance ramp for traffic heading west on Burnt Tavern Road.
• A second southbound entrance ramp linking Lanes Mill Road with the Parkway. Herborn Avenue would be extended south and east to Lanes Mill Road, where it would meet the new entrance ramp at a signaled intersection.
• Southbound Parkway traffic could exit at the existing ramp or continue under the Burnt Tavern Road Bridge and use a new ramp that will link with Lanes Mill Road at a second new signaled interchange.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article originally was published May 12, 2017; it has been edited to clarify that the full interchange is opening. It also includes photos of the full interchange, from the 2015 Brick Township Council meeting where the design was revealed to Brick residents. Photos by Karen Wall.