Essex Ave Overpass 8/2014

A new traffic pattern has recently been put in place on 295N to facilitate the re-construction of the Essex Ave overpass. Near the Creek Road overpass all three north bound lanes now shift to the left and now pass over the newly constructed center section of the Essex Ave overpass. Just after the overpass the left lane continues on the the ramp to I-76, and the right two lanes curve to the right onto the existing ramp that takes you to 295 N. This change will allow them to re-build the side of the Essex Ave overpass that carried 295N over the road.

 

The start of the lane shift.

 

All the trees have been cleared along the right side of the road.

 

The lanes of 295N going over the center of the Essex Ave overpass. The road rises and tilts to the left here which eventually connect to the new 295 N overpass.

Demolition work on the Essex Ave overpass.

St Mary’s Cemetery Area

A lot of the work on contract two is happening in an unused section of St Mary’s Cemetary in Bellmawr. There has been a lot of land clearing and excavation going on in this area.

 

Here is a view of the area from the Browning Road overpass.

 

The construction access road off of Browning Road.

 

Another shot of the area from the Browning Road overpass.

Looking at the St Mary’s area from 295 North.

Drilling rig at the back of the cemetery. 295 North is just beyond those trees.

295 North Ramp

 

Part of contract 1 is to build a new ramp from 295 N to 76 West to replace the existing ramp. This ramp is currently being built right next to the existing one.

Land has been cleared next to the start of the old ramp and they have begun the work to construct the support for that side of the ramp.

This picture shows the new support that has been constructed between the North and South bound lanes of 42.

This column between the interim ramp and the old ramp will hold a support for this end of the new ramp.

Here work is being done on the support for the other end of the ramp which is between the old ramp and the new interim ramp.

295 Black Horse Pike to Al-Jo Curve

Here is an update on the work along 295 from the Black Horse Pike to the Al-Jo curve.

 

Work continues along 295 Southbound right before the curve. This will eventually become the beginning of a new ramp that will take 295 S to with 76 West or 42 South this replacing the Al-Jo curve.

 

Contract 2 has recently started which will include major work on this section of 295. You can start to see some of the preliminary work for this. Here is the 295 North exit to the Black Horse Pike. They have cleared all the trees inside the ramp loop. There has also been some work done in the area in the foreground which up till now has been used as a staging area.

 

They have started to remove the noise barriers along 295 Northbound.