Hwy. 36 North Down To One Lane Overnight For Rest Of 2018

HAZLET, NJ — Be aware: Hwy. 36 northbound will be down to one lane in the overnight hours starting Tuesday, Sept. 4 and lasting through the end of 2018.

The news was just announced Friday, Aug. 31 by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

Beginning at 8 p.m., Tuesday, September 4 until 6 a.m. the next day, NJDOT’s contractor, Asphalt Paving Systems, is scheduled to close a single lane of Route 36 northbound for asphalt repair work, beginning at Bay Avenue in the Highlands, and moving north through Atlantic Highlands, Middletown, Keansburg, Hazlet and ending at Ocean Avenue in Union Beach.

Closures will continue as needed, Monday through Friday between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. the next morning until the end of the year.

In total, 10.6 miles of Rt. 36 in Monmouth County will be affected.

Once Hwy. 36 northbound is completed, the construction will continue on Rt. 36 southbound moving from Ocean Avenue in Union Beach south to Bay Avenue in the Highlands. Rt. 36 is a two-lane highway in each direction within the construction area and at least one travel lane will be maintained in each direction at all times during construction.

The $6 million federally-funded Rt. 36 pavement preservation project will include milling and paving of more than 20 ramps along the roadway and installing new bicycle-safe inlet grates and curbing at more than 100 locations. Minor bridgework also will be done on Route 36 over Waackaack Creek and East Creek.

The project is using micro milling and an asphalt rehabilitation process to reduce the need for conventional resurfacing methods. The process extends pavement life, improves safety and reduces cost by slowing the rate of highway deterioration and allows NJDOT to reduce the backlog of pavement repairs with the available funding. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2018.

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