Direct Connect August 2022

Work on the Direct Connect project continues to be focused on the Browning Road overpass replacement. The first of the new bridge abutment is nearing completion. 

42freeway.com is reporting that reconstruction of the collapsed section of the project should be starting in the fall, although the temporary lane closure for prep work mentioned in the article doesn't appear to have happened. 

https://42freeway.com/roads/njdot-on-direct-connection-reconstruction-of-the-wall-is-expected-to-begin-this-fall/

 

Missing Moves August 2022

 One of the big pieces of the missing moves project that has been awaiting completion is the ramp over Rt 42. The steel has been put up on both side of the highway but the piece over the road has been waiting on the construction of the middle support pier. Work has progressed far enough on either side of 42 that there is now room for the lane shift that is needed to clear room for the construction of the center support.

Here you can see the gap in the overpass. The south bound lanes of 42 have been shifter to the right. 

The temporary Jersey barriers along the ramp from 295 north have been removed to expose the permanent barrier and the lanes have been shifted to the right. 

New guardrails in place along 42 south. The conned off area will be the lane coming off the ramp from 295 north.

Here is a look at the lane shifts on 42 north.