Overview
The construction
on this project has
now been completed. |
The New Jersey Department
of Transportation (NJDOT)
is currently replacing
the Route 1 Bridge over
the abandoned Sayreville
Railway and local roads.
The $24.1 million
project is located between
the Milltown Road and the
Ryders Lane interchanges
just north of the Route
1/130 interchange in North
Brunswick Township, Middlesex
County. Construction
began in January 2009
and has an estimated
completion in Winter 2011.
The project will improve
safety by reducing the
horizontal and vertical
curvature below the bridge
and improve the sight distance
on Route 1 over the bridge.
The proposed design replaces
the five-span bridge with
a single span bridge. As
a result of the railway
being abandoned, NJDOT
was able to interconnect
the local roadways, remove
the severe curves below
the bridge and improve
accessibility to the adjacent
businesses, by building
a bridge with a lower and
shorter profile that will
improve sight distance
on Route 1.
Three lanes will be maintained
in each direction on Route
1 during construction.
The bridge will be reconstructed
in two stages while maintaining
four lanes on the bridge
(two in each direction).
One lane in each direction
will be detoured onto
the adjacent access roads,
temporarily changed to
one direction only. A local
road that crosses under
the bridge has been temporarily
closed.
As a result, motorists
using access roads parallel
to Route 1 will not be
able to make left turns
to cross under the highway.
NJDOT expects to reopen
the underpass in Fall
2011 and at that time traffic
will be maintained in both
directions under the bridge.
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