Overview
| The construction
on this project has
now been completed. |
The New Jersey Department
of Transportation (NJDOT)
began the replacement
of the structurally deficient
Route 1 Bridge over the
Millstone River in West
Windsor, Mercer County
and Plainsboro, Middlesex
County in March 2009.
This project is expected
to be completed by December
2010.
| The $18.8 million
construction project
will replace the original
Route 1 Bridge that
was constructed in
1928 and upgraded in
1960 with a new, concrete
bridge that will feature
shoulders and two sidewalks.
As part of the project,
NJDOT will also repair
and improve Route 1
between Harrison Street
in West Windsor and
Princeton-Plainsboro
Road in Plainsboro. |
This
rendering is of the
new Route 1 Millstone
River Bridge. |
Route 1 is a heavily traveled
highway with nearly 100,000
vehicles using the roadway
daily. The location of
this project site is in
a sensitive environmental
area of the Millstone River.
A nesting tree inhabited
by a pair of breeding Bald
Eagles is within sight of
construction activity
of this project. It has
been documented that the
pair have inhabited this site
for at least seven years.
| NJDOT
is diligent in its
stewardship of
the natural environment
as it improves the
transportation network
for the motoring public.
In connection with
this active construction
project, the New Jersey
Department of Environmental
Protection (NJDEP)
recommended measures
be taken to ensure
the protection of the
eagles. NJDOT
implemented the recommendations
and established an internet
link to a video
camera focusing
on the |
One
of the adult Bald
Eagles
returns
to the nest.
(Image
by: Kathy
Clark, NJDEP) |
nesting pair of Bald Eagles during
the breeding season. NJDOT
staff routinely monitors
and maintains the video camera.
In keeping with NJDOT's
continual effort to promote
renewable resources,
all of the transmitting
devices are powered by
solar energy. The video
camera offers a unique opportunity
for the public to view the
Bald Eagles in their natural
environment during the nesting
season from December 15 through
July 31. Only a few counties
in New Jersey have nesting
Bald Eagles that continue
to produce offspring annually.
Those located
in residential areas and
busy transportation corridors
such as Route 1 are rare. |
