October 2015

Work continues next to the ramp to 295 South just above Essex Ave. They continue to expand the retaining wall along the ball field which has been under construction for a while now.

 

Here is a view of the wall from the ball field.

The wall now continues along the staging area up to Essex Ave. The 295 South overpass will eventually end in this area.

The final section of the Essex Ave bridge re-build is well under way. Here you can see the new support for the southern end of the bridge. The northern side support is also under construction and a little further along then this one.

The other half of the Creek Road bridge is in the works. You can see the center support being built and the start of the support on the south bound side of 42.

The end of the old 295 North Ramp to 76 has been removed, so you can see right under the new ramp. On the left side of the picture you can still see the concrete support for the ramp that is in the 42 median.

 

 

The sound barrier has started to go up along 295 South below Black Horse Pike.

The ramp from 76 South to 295 North has been shifted over to the newly constructed lanes and work has begun along the inside of the ramp.

Work continues between 295 North and the cemetery. What you see here are two sheet pile wall and the angled piling between them. They have done some excavation between the wall and have installed pilings into this area.

Late August 2015

Work continuous on the next section of the ramp at the start of the Al-Jo curve. They appear to be doing grouting for ground stabilization.

Now that the ramp to 295S has been shifted towards the middle, work has picked up along the right side of the road at the Essex Ave overpass.

The last old section of the Essex Ave overpass is being demolished. The road deck and support beams have been removed already.

 

The other half of the Creek Road overpass has also been demolished.

 

August 2015

Now that 295 North traffic has been moved on the new ramp at 42, work has begun to move the other two ramps (ramp to the 76 express land and ramp to 295 South) onto the center of the Essex Ave bridge so that the final section of the bridge can be rebuilt. Here you can see work going on to move he express ramp.

 

Here is the work going on to move the ramp to 295 South over to the of the Essex Ave bridge.

In other parts of the project, traffic is now running on the new section of the Creek Road bridge over 42 so work can begin to re-build the other half.

 

Location of a future pumping station along Browning road.

Construction continues on the next section of the new ramp at the start of the Al-Jo curve.

July 2015 Update

Last week the project passed a milestone with the opening of the new ramp from 295 North to 42. Currently the road splits just before the Creek Road overpass. The right two lanes go over the new ramp onto 42 and the left lane goes to the 76 express lane.

 

 

 

A couple weeks ago they began work in the median between the Bell Road overpass and the 168. They poured a new cast concrete Jersey barrier down the center median, but for some reason had to remove the whole thing and re-build it. Here are some picture of the re-building that is currently going on.

Work has begun at the start of the Al-Jo curve. They will be building the next section of the new ramp that will eventually connect 295 South to 42 South. The first piece of this ramp was built during phase 1 along 295 south just about the curve.

 

Finally, they continue to drive pilings along the cemetery.

Mid June 2015 Update

 

There have been a lot of noticeable changes around the project over the past few weeks.

On 295 Northbound below 42 the new lanes have been paved all the way from Creek Road up to the new 295 ramp. Here is the section leading up to Essex Ave.

The area between Essex and the ramp has also been paved.

Noise barriers have started to go in on the new ramp.

This area along the edge of the cemetery will eventually become a new ramp to 295 North.

Along 295 Northbound above 42 they have started to restore the noise barriers that have been moved back. The lanes have also been shifted closer to this side to allow for work in the median.

The new ramp along 295 Southbound just above the Al-Jo curve has received it’s street lights. Pretty much all the details of this ramp are complete except for the fact that it doesn’t go anywhere for now.

Work has recently started up again on the retaining wall by the ball fields.

Al-Jo Curve, June 2015

They have recently removed a big stretch of the noise wall along the beginning of the Al-Jo curve. This are actually isn’t part of the final design so I assume they are doing this to temporarily shift traffic to the right so other work can be done.

 

 

295 Southbound Ramp

This picture is along the ramp to 295 S just past rt 42. They have put down a section of paving beside the ramp recently. I assume that this will eventually be used to shift this ramp towards the center of the Ellis Ave overpass which will allow them to re-build the final section of the Essex Ave bridge.

295 North April 2015 Part 2

Let’s look at 295 North about 42.

Piling work continues along the cemetary.

 

They have started to re-assemble the noise barrier

295 Northbound April 2015

Now that Spring has arrived the pace of work seems to have picked up around the project area. Let’s start by looking at 295 N below 42.

A new lane has been paved from Creek Rd up to just before Essex Ave.

 

They have started to cap off the retaining wall leading up to the Essex Ave bridge.

The steel has been set for the Essex Ave bridge and work has started on the road bed. I don’t have a good picture of this.

They area between Essex and the new ramp has almost reached it’s finished height.

 

The start of the new ramp.

They are in the process of putting in the rebar for the deck of the ramp.

New work has also begun at the end of the new ramp with sheet pile having been installed along the edge of the old ramp.