Route 166 Closing Overnight Thursday In Toms River

TOMS RIVER, NJ — Heads up, Toms River motorists: Route 166 will be closed Thursday night.

The state Department of Transportation said the closure, from 9 p.m. Thursday, April 25 until 6 a.m. Friday, April 26, is planned to remove the remaining section of concrete median near the intersection with Old Freehold Road.

Route 166 will be closed and detoured in both directions. The following detours will be in place on Thursday night:

Route 166 northbound detour:

• Take Route 37 east past Hooper Avenue and stay right following signs to CR549/Hooper Avenue north via the Lowell Avenue exit
• From Lowell Avenue turn right onto Terrace Avenue
• Turn right onto Hooper Avenue
• Stay right to take the jughandle for Edken Avenue/Walnut Street
• Turn left at the stop sign at Edken Avenue, which becomes Walnut Street
• Take Walnut Street and turn right on Old Freehold Road
• Turn left on Mapletree to Route 166

Route 166 southbound detour:

• Traffic on Route 166 southbound will be directed to turn left on Mapletree Road
• Turn right on Hooper Avenue
• Turn right on Route 37 west to Route 166

In March, Route 166 reopened in its final configuration with two lanes in each direction. Final paving is expected to take a few nights and will be completed before Memorial Day, the DOT said.

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