GSP Watchung Ave. Bridge Project Nears Completion
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority will complete all construction to the new $12 million Watchung Avenue Bridge by the end of the week.
Commuters who pass through the Garden State Parkway's Exit 151 interchange will finally see an end to construction delays. The New Jersey Turnpike Authority will complete all work to the new Watchung Avenue Bridge in Bloomfield by the end of the week. The $12 million project, which is an interchange for north- and southbound traffic on the GSP, began in April 2011. The final paving of both east- and westbound lanes on Watchung Avenue was completed this past weekend, and traffic remains open in both directions this week. The project is “essentially completed,” said Jamal Mahmood, resident engineer for the project. He added there is only “minor stuff” to be done, such as lane stripping and putting signs in place. The New Jersey …
Suej333
1:31 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012
And it was only about 11 months late! I take that bridge every day and there have been so many days when no one at all was present there, while traffic backed up along Watchung Ave. I'd like to have a job where it takes twice as long and costs twice as much to do what I'd said I'd do, and I don't have to show up half the time! more ›