photo courtesy of Heather Darling-Morris County Freeholder
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Union City NJ, New Jersey Department of Transportation’s rehabilitation of the Route 495 Bridge over Route 1&9 and Paterson Plank Road in North Bergen will begin on or about Friday, August 17 and continue for approximately two-and-a-half years. Better leave a lot of extra time.
Construction will close the westbound ramp from 31st Street in Union City to 495 West, directly affecting NJ TRANSIT’s local service on 19 bus routes and requiring implementation of detour routings. The detour phase is anticipated to last approximately two and a half years.
Route 495 is a 3.45-mile-long, divided urban freeway in Hudson County that connects the New Jersey Turnpike to the Lincoln Tunnel. Route 495 is four lanes at its western limit where it meets the NJ Turnpike (I-95) at exit 16E. The freeway is mostly six lanes, with an eight-lane section across the Route 495 Viaduct. Route 495 traverses four municipalities in Hudson County. Beginning at the western terminus, Route 495 passes through Secaucus, North Bergen Township and Union City, ending in Weehawken Township.
The Route 495 Viaduct is a nine span bridge that was constructed in 1938. The bridge carries traffic on Route 495 over the NYS&W and Conrail rail lines, as well as Route 1&9, Paterson Plank Road and Liberty Avenue in the Township of North Bergen, Hudson County. The bridge is rated as structurally deficient and functionally obsolete. The purpose of the project is to rehabilitate the Route 495 bridge, which will extend the useful service life of the bridge for an estimated 75 years and eliminate the need for potential emergency repairs.
I let you know how it goes