COLD SPRING — The Ocean Drive (County Road No. 621) Bridge over Middle Thorofare, between Cape May City and Wildwood Crest in Lower Township, will be closed to all vehicular, pedestrian and bicycle traffic for ten days starting Wednesday, March 18th for repairs.
According to a release, the detour route for northbound traffic to Diamond Beach consists of Garden State Parkway or Route US 9 North to Route NJ 47 to New Jersey Avenue to Rambler Avenue to Pacific Avenue. For southbound traffic the detour is reversed. Orange construction signs will be posted indicating the detour route.
The work requiring the bridge to be closed to vehicular traffic consists of temporarily supporting the toe end of the movable span; removing deteriorated concrete about the area where the movable span girder seats; reconstructing the movable span girder seating area; installing new steel plates atop the existing tooth joint; and reconstructing a 5-foot portion of the deck to create a smooth transition over the tooth joint.
The bridge will close at approximately 7 a.m. on March 18th and is scheduled to re-open by the end of Friday, March 27th, weather permitting. Concrete barriers and other traffic control devices will be placed at the ends of the bridge to prevent anyone from accessing the bridge. The bridge will open on-demand for marine vessels.
This work is part of an overall construction contract to address some of the priority repairs identified in the biennial bridge evaluation survey reports for four bridges along Ocean Drive owned by the Cape May County Bridge Commission. Additional work at this bridge and the other three bridges in the contract does not require closure of the bridges. All work under this contract at the Middle Thorofare Bridge is slated to be completed by Memorial Day weekend.
The $1,719,636 construction contract was awarded to Allied Painting, Inc. of Franklinville, NJ. PB Americas, Inc. of Princeton in conjunction with the Cape May County Engineer’s Office designed the repair program and PB Americas, Inc. is performing the construction inspection.
For additional information call 609-465-1035.
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