New Hamilton Road Bridge Completed 6 Months Early

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ — The new Hamilton Road Bridge over the Route 206 Bypass in Hillsborough has been completed six months ahead of schedule, New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials announced.

The bridge will officially open at noon on Saturday, Oct. 19 causing the detour that has been in place since March to be removed. The bridge had been expected to be completed by April 2020.

The new bridge is about 150 feet long and has one lane of traffic in each direction on Hamilton Road. It includes a six-foot wide pedestrian walkway on both sides of the bridge that will remain closed while the bridge railing and fencing are completed over the next few months, NJDOT said.

Work now moves onto Old Somerville Road as part of the Route 206 Bypass project. Beginning Saturday, Old Somerville Road will be permanently closed to through traffic and split into two pieces — a northern portion and a southern portion each ending at a new cul-de-sac that will be constructed.

The split will allow for a ramp from the Route 206 Bypass to be built. The northern portion of Old Somerville Road will have access from Route 206 northbound and the southern portion of Old Somerville Road will have access from Hamilton Road, NJ DOT said.

No left turns will be allowed from Old Somerville Road onto Route 206 southbound or from Route 206 southbound onto Old Somerville Road.

Instead drivers on Route 206 southbound traffic that want to turn onto Old Somerville Road or get to the All American Assisted Living facility on Route 206 north just past Old Somerville Road will need to continue south on Route 206 and use the jughandle at Andria Road to make a U-turn onto Route 206 north, NJDOT said.

Drivers on Old Somerville Road who want to turn onto Route 206 southbound will need to turn right onto Route 206 north and take the new jughandle at Falcon Road to make U-turn onto Route 206 south.

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