Oceanic Bridge Maintenance To Start On Monday February 9
The Oceanic Bridge (S-31), the span that connects Rumson and Middletown over the Navesink River will undergo repairs to the structural steel and concrete deck beginning on Monday morning February 9 at about 9am. The maintenance project is expected to continue through April 15.
Single lane closures during the mid-day and early evening hours will facilitate the movement of vehicular and pedestrian traffic across the busy span.
A full overnight closure will also be in place from 10:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.
The Oceanic Bridge schedule from on or about Feb. 9 to April 15 will be:
6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. – both bridge lanes open to all traffic
2 p.m. to 6 p.m. – both bridge lanes open to all traffic
6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. – single lane closure with alternating lanes of vehicular traffic
10:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. – bridge closed to pedestrian and vehicular traffic
For marine traffic, seasonal rules and scheduling will be in effect.
“This work must be done to keep the Oceanic Bridge in working condition during its regular operating season,” said Freeholder Thomas A. Arnone, liaison to the County’s Department of Public Works and Engineering. “We appreciate the patience of the travelling public while we work to keep the bridge operational and get the necessary work completed.”
The staggered times will allow the contactor, George Harms Construction Co., Inc. of Howell, to perform the required work above and below the bridge deck.
Motorists may want to plan an alternate route. Motor vehicle traffic on Bingham Avenue between Rumson and Middletown (CR-8) should travel east and north through Sea Bright and Highlands to Middletown. Motor vehicle traffic on Navesink River Road and Locust Point Road in Middletown (CR-8) should travel east and south through Middletown, Highlands and Sea Bright to Rumson.
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What about the 100+ people that take Oceanic to get to Seastreak or Bedford 6am boat? No thought ever given to our inconvenience. This is so typical of government and labor.
fall into the drink?? Be glad the county is trying to make it safe, it is an old and structurally- deficient bridge. Get ready to be further inconvenienced in a couple of years if/ when it must be replaced.