RUMSON-SEA BRIGHT, NJ — Route 36 lane closures are scheduled to begin on Thursday for milling and paving between the Rumson Road/CR 520 Bridge over the Shrewsbury River and Peninsula Avenue in Sea Bright as the county bridge project nears completion.
From 7 a.m. until 3 p.m. Thursday and again on Friday and Monday at the same time, a single lane on Route 36 is scheduled to be closed with traffic shifted between the Rumson Road/CR 520 Bridge over the Shrewsbury River to Peninsula Avenue, the NJ Department of Transportation (NJ DOT) said.
One lane in each direction will be maintained during construction. The closure is necessary for final milling and paving.
If work is not completed on Monday, a single lane will be closed on Tuesday at the same time, according to NJ DOT.
Drivers are advised to slow down, use caution, and expect delays when driving through the work zone.
This work is part of a $110 million state and federally-funded county project that replaced the Rumson Road/CR 520 movable bridge over the Shrewsbury River between Rumson and Sea Bright. The new bridge opened to traffic last summer.
Improvements include a new traffic signal at the intersection of Route 36 in Sea Bright, improvements to roadways, drainage, curb, sidewalk, highway lighting and the parks in both Sea Bright and Rumson.
Over the next few months, there will be landscaping and other minor work to complete the project, NJ DOT officials said.
The precise timing of the work is subject to change due to weather or other factors.
Drivers are encouraged to check NJDOT’s traffic information website www.511nj.org for construction updates and real-time travel information.
To see the original traffic advisory from NJ DOT, you can click here.
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