Bridge Replacement to Close Section of Route 10 for Months

A $3.5 million project to replace the structurally deficient Route 10 bridge over the Passaic River connecting East Hanover and Livingston will begin Saturday night.

Eastbound traffic will be detoured, but westbound traffic will be maintained through the duration of the project, which is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Saturday and is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

The project will replace the structurally-deficient and functionally obsolete bridge with a new concrete structure including deck, beams, bearings and parapets. In addition to the replacement of the existing bridge, the New Jersey Department of Transportation will resurface the roadway approaches on Route 10 in both directions.

Route 10 carries two 12-foot wide travel lanes in each direction over the bridge with 6-foot sidewalks. NJDOT has designed the bridge deck replacement work to be performed in stages, closing one side of the bridge for reconstruction at a time.

The south half of the bridge (eastbound lanes) will be reconstructed during Stage I, which is anticipated to last approximately three months.

When Stage I is complete, the westbound half of the bridge will be closed and the westbound traffic will be shifted to the newly constructed eastbound side.

In anticipation of the project, Old Mount Pleasant Avenue has been expanded from one to two lanes on the eastbound side.

Detour

• Motorists traveling on Route 10 eastbound will be directed to River Road, Old Mount Pleasant Avenue and back onto Route 10 eastbound after Okner Parkway.
  
  
• Local traffic for businesses between River Road and the bridge, and between Okner Parkway and the bridge will be maintained at all times.
  
  
• Temporary traffic signals are planned at intersection of River Road and Old Mount Pleasant Avenue, and at Old Mount Pleasant Avenue and Okner Parkway to improve traffic flow at those intersections during construction.