$17.7M Route 46 road project from Roxbury to Clifton will close lanes
William WesthovenA $17.7 million roadway maintenance and repair project underway in Roxbury will move eastward along Route 46 for several months before concluding 30 miles to the east in Passaic County, New Jersey Department of Transportation officials announced.
Daily lane closures from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. will allow the contractor to complete curb and inlet work in the highway shoulder as part of a moving operation, which began Tuesday morning with a single lane closure near the Route 46-Route 10 intersection.
Work will shift eastward as the project progresses, NJDOT officials say. The state-funded project also will mill and pave approximately 16 miles of Route 46 between the Route 10 interchange in Roxbury, Morris County and the Route 3 interchange in Clifton.
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The project, scheduled for completion in 2022, also will repave ramps and make other roadway repairs along the route. Variable message signs will be deployed to alert drivers of all traffic pattern changes.
The timing of the work is subject to change due to weather and other factors. Updates and real-time information will be posted on NJDOT's traffic website www.511nj.org. Social-media users can follow on Twitter @NJDOT_info or on the NJDOT Facebook page.
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