Road Construction Closes Part Of Hooper Avenue In Brick

BRICK, NJ — Brick Township police are urging drivers to avoid the area of Old Hooper Avenue Tuesday due to a closure from road construction.

The northbound lane of Hooper Avenue will be closed between Mantoloking Road and Brick Boulevard during the day, and police are urging everyone to avoid the area for the next several hours.

The work is part of the ongoing replacement of the Duck Farm Bridge, which began in January.

The project to replace the Duck Farm Bridge, which crosses the Cedar Bridge branch of the Metedeconk River, is anticipated by Ocean County officials to cost $4 million. Ocean County received a $1.7 million state grant in 2021 to offset some of cost.

The bridge is named for a duck farm that once existed on a piece of land at Hooper Avenue and Mantoloking Road. The property is referenced by the Brick Township Historical Society as being home to an unregistered 5,000-gallon still in 1937.