May 2017

A small section of new paving has been done next to the current ramp from 42 North to 295 North. When the new ramp from 76 East to 295 North is complete, the 42 ramp will shift over into this location and will join up with the 76 ramp closer to the median.

 

Two of the sign structure below the Al-Jo curve have been removed, here is one sitting off to the side of the road.

 

A couple days later they started scrapping the structure.

 

Here is the second sign structure sitting closer to the Bellmawr ball fields.

 

Work near Willow Place and Victory Drive

 

A couple weeks ago a tractor trailer over turned on the ramp from 295 North to 42 North. You can see the damage it did to the new noise barriers along this ramp.

Public Meeting 5/2017

 

A public meeting was held on May 18th to show plans for contract 3 of the project and take questions from the community. Contact 3 has recently started and is scheduled to run until March 2022. Here are some of the drawing shown at the meeting.

This drawing shows the overall final state of the project. It was designed to show the location of all the noise barriers but it is also a good reference for what the interchange will look like when complete.

Here are two close ups of a drawing showing the state of the project after contract 3

Here is a close up of the drawing showing the the new Browning Road bridge over 76.

This is another drawing of the Browning Road bridge showing that the temporary bridge will look like.

This shows a later stage of Contract 3 after the Browning Road bridge has been replaced.

May 2017

The new section of median barrier between 295 North and South just below Bell road has ben completed. The new sign structure is still awaiting installation.

 

Here is the temporary path the exit will take from 76 East to 294 North.

 

This picture shows it connecting to the new exit bridge.

 

The trees between 76 East and Willow place have been cleared.

 

Here is a look at that same area from the Browning Road overpass.

 

The land has been cleared off of Essex Ave for  one of the new sections of the Bellmawr Park Mutual Housing and a construction trailer is in place.

April 2017

The trees between the Al-Jo curve and the church on Browning road have been cleared.

 

Here is the view from Browning Road.

 

Land clearing continues along Essex avenue has begun for one of the two new sections of the Bellmawr Park Mutual Housing.

 

Prep work has also begun on the second new section off of Peach Road.

 

Work going on at Willow Place.

April 2017

A temporary fence has been installed at the corner of the church on Browning Road. this area will be used to connect to the temporary bridge over 76.

 

The land on the other side of 76 has been cleared to provide access to the other side of the temporary bridge

 

Work is also being done at the corner of Browning Road and Willow Place.

 

The shoulder along 76 East just below Browning Road has been widened and paved.

April 2017

Things have been pretty quiet on the project for the past few months, but they are going to start picking up now that the 3rd contract has started.

 

Let’s start with the progress on 2nd contract.

Here is the work going on between the north and south bound lanes of 295 between Bell Road and the Al-Jo curve. Drainage work is being done along with preparations for a new sign structure.

 

Here is the new sign structure waiting to be installed. It will go over the south bound lanes.

 

This picture was taken from the new ramp from 295 S to 76 W. On the left you can see the path that the new ramp from 76 E to 295 N will take. You can also see the new ramp over 76 in the distance.

 

 

The structure of the new 76 E to 295 N ramp was completed a few weeks ago and decking work is currently under way.

 

Land clearing along Essex avenue has begun for one of the two new sections of the Bellmawr Park Mutual Housing. This will be used to relocate the units that will need to be removed the project.

 

A new temporary wood fence has been constructed at the corner of the cemetery just before the 76 overpass. This area will be used to access the new temporary bridge over 76 that will be needed while the existing bridge is reconstructed. 

Excavators in that same area.

February 2017

The new ramp from 295 South to 76 West opened over the weekend. Going south on 295 all three lanes of traffic now go up the new ramp that has been built right before the Al-Jo curve.

 

Shortly after the start of the ramp the road goes from 3 to 4 lanes.

 

The lane split with the left two lanes going to 76 West and the right two lanes continuing onto the Al-Jo curve and then to 42 South/295 South.

 

Here is the ramp to 76 West. Eventually this ramp will split and also become the new 42 South ramp.

 

Progress has also been made on the new 76 East to 295 North ramp. The steel now extends over 76 West. Only last last section over 76 East needs to be completed.