The Delaware Memorial Bridge Project Has Begun
The time has finally come for the Delaware Memorial Bridge commuters worst nightmare.
A three-phase multi-year project gets underway this week on the Delaware Memorial Bridge.
According to WDEL.com, “Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA) spokesman Jim Salmon said the initial work this week will be at night Monday through Thursday setting up a northbound bypass lane in a contraflow pattern on the southbound bridge.”
Mobilizing work for our Bridge Re-decking project begins on Monday (9/5) night. Expect overnight lane closures on DE bound span next week (9/5 – 9/9). For more info & to sign up for text alerts go to https://t.co/az8qKPhxoc #netDE #netNJ @delawaredot @newjerseydot @njturnpike pic.twitter.com/3GPAWAr3Hd
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“By the time Friday rolls around the bypass lane will be established, and at that point work will begin on setting up barriers for the actual construction activity on the New Jersey bound span,” said Salmon. “We opted to have three lanes going north and three lanes going south using one of the lanes on the southbound bridge as a bypass lane.”
“The bypass lane will use X-ramps on both sides of the bridge that were added when the second span was built, but Salmon said have never been utilized before.”
It will be a weird change for commuters especially for me and my family because some work in New Jersey but live in Delaware and vice versa.
For anyone driving on the Delaware Memorial Bridge just make sure you take your time and be safe because it will be a new road for everybody.
