Part of Route 52 Causeway to Close Overnight Tonight

The Route 52 causeway will be closed to all traffic leaving Ocean City on the night of Tuesday, June 21.

Vehicles will be detoured to the Ocean City-Longport Bridge (no tolls leaving the island) or the 34th Street Bridge.

The two lanes of traffic northbound on Route 52 will close 8 p.m. June 21 and open 10 a.m. June 22.

The state Department of Transportation announced the road closing last week and said it is necessary to accommodate construction crews as they pave the intersection of the causeway with Shore Road and Mays Landing Road in Somers Point. The date of the work could change, depending on the weather.

The work is part of a five-year, $400 million project replace the entire causeway and two bridges. Work on the roadways is expected to be complete in May 2012.