Traffic Delays Expected From Delaware Memorial Bridge Work

Drivers are being warned to anticipate site visitors delays when a significant building challenge to utterly rebuild the driving floor of the Delaware Memorial Bridge begins subsequent month.

The Information Journal experiences that the challenge will take away the highest two inches of the northbound (New Jersey-bound) facet of the bridge deck and exchange it with an “extremely high-performance concrete,” in accordance with the Delaware River and Bay Authority.

Within the first section of the challenge, two lanes of the Delaware facet of the bridge can be closed to site visitors, with a 3rd lane shut down in a single day. The remaining two lanes can be open to site visitors, in addition to a bypass lane that can divert site visitors across the building. The bypass lane will solely be for site visitors headed to the New Jersey Turnpike.

The second section of the challenge — anticipated to run from Feb. 1 to Could 25, 2023 — will shut the left two lanes alongside all the size of the bridge.

The third section, estimated for Sept. 5 to Nov. 21 of 2023, will shut the 2 proper lanes of the New Jersey facet of the bridge.

Drivers headed south on the bridge into Delaware doubtless received’t see a lot change in site visitors, given nearly all the development is happening on the New Jersey-bound facet. However DRBA mentioned motorists “ought to anticipate site visitors congestion and delays heading into New Jersey.”

The challenge, which may even together with changing reduction joints and expansions joints, is anticipated to value $71 million.