Route 206 Lane Closures Expected Through Early 2019

MONTGOMERY, NJ — Route 206 southbound in Montgomery is scheduled to be shifted this weekend as the the Route 206 Bridge over Crusers Brook project advances, New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials announced.

Beginning at 9 p.m., Friday until 7 a.m. Saturday, NJDOT's contractor, Joseph M. Sanzari, Inc. is scheduled to close one lane of Route 206 in each direction with alternating traffic overnight to establish a traffic shift.

At 7 a.m. Saturday morning, northbound traffic will be shifted towards the curb line. Once the traffic shift is in place, one lane of traffic in each direction will be maintained at all times.

The shift is expected to be in place until early 2019, and the project is expected to be completed in the summer of 2019.

The $5.9 million dollar federally-funded project will replace the bridge deck and substructure, and make significant improvements to the superstructure.

The project is designed in stages to minimize impacts to traffic and maintain one lane of traffic in both directions at all times. During the first stage, traffic was shifted to the center lanes to allow the contractor to replace the bridge deck on newly installed footings.

Construction signs are being utilized to provide advance notification to the motoring public of all traffic pattern changes associated with the work. NJDOT will provide more information before any lane closures are scheduled.

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