Tag: New Jersey Department of Transportation
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Metuchen looking to make streets safer for bicyclists, pedestrians
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — In an effort to make borough streets safer for pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists, borough officials are working with RBA Group, a Parsippany-based engineering firm chosen by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT), to provide assistance to the borough. Mayor Peter Cammarano said the borough has made an…
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Two traffic trailers – including one carrying syrup – overturn off Exit 8A
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Clean up crews were called to the scene of a tractor trailer that spilled fuel off of a New Jersey Turnpike exit. Around 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 20, a tractor trailer that had just come off of Exit 8A traveled on Cranbury-South River Road and then made a right onto Route 32…
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Georgia man fatally injured by tractor trailer
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A 29-year-old man from Georgia was killed in a collision on Route 1 on Nov. 8. An investigation by officers from the South Brunswick Police Department Traffic Safety Bureau and detectives from the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office determined that at 9:22 p.m., a 2005 Volvo tractor trailer, driven by Nohemi Farfan, 45, of…
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Bridges along Routes 13, 35 and 88 will undergo repairs
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the start of a preventative bridge maintenance project that will make repairs to nine bridges along Routes 13, 35 and 88 in Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex counties. Route 13 travels through Point Pleasant; Route 35 connects Point Pleasant to Brielle to Sayreville; and Route 88 goes through…
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Tractor trailer carrying boat jackknifes, causes multi-vehicle accident
SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A crash involving a jackknifed tractor trailer carrying a boat on Route 1 caused extensive delays on Oct. 27. The tractor trailer, a 1987 Kenworth being driven by Peter Stamm, 49, of Stonington, Connecticut, was on Route 1 south in the right lane and had just passed the crest of the highway…
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Route 27 will be closed for bridge replacement project
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) announced a weekend detour of Route 27 for the start of the Carter’s Brook and Ten Mile Run Tributary culvert replacements project in Franklin Township and South Brunswick. Beginning at 9 p.m. on Oct. 14 and continuing through 6 a.m. on Oct. 17, DOT’s contractor, Montana…
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Motorists encouraged to drive extra safely on Oct. 10
In conjunction with the New Jersey Department of Transportation, local police departments are asking that motorists throughout the nation join in the daylong effort on Oct. 10 to be cognizant of safe driving behaviors. “Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day” is designed to unite the country in moving toward zero fatalities for one full…
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Route 516 traffic shift required in Old Bridge
OLD BRIDGE – Matawan Road/Route 516 eastbound traffic will be shifted onto the newly reconstructed westbound lane for the continuation of the Route 18 Bridge Deck Replacement project in Middlesex County. From 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 9, New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) contractor Halmar International LLC will shift Matawan Road/Route 516 eastbound to the newly…
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Route 27 bridge replacement postponed
Editor’s note: The construction has been postponed until further notice, as per NJDOT. The New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced a weekend detour of Route 27 for the start of the Carter’s Brook and Ten Mile Run Tributary culvert replacements project in South Brunswick and Franklin. From 9 p.m. Aug. 26 through 6 a.m. Aug.…