Bridge work causes lane closures, traffic shifts on Interstate 280 in Morris County

MORRIS COUNTY Lanes will be closed and traffic shifted on eastbound Interstate 280 beginning Friday night as crews continue to replace bridge decks over the Whippany River between Parisppany-Troy Hills and East Hanover.

Traffic is to be shifted left onto a temporary bridge built in the highway median, state Department of Transportation officials said.

About 62,000 vehicles a day use the bridges to cross the Whippany River, officials said.

Once the eastbound bridge deck reconstruction is finished at the end of summer, the DOT will shift eastbound traffic onto the newly rebuilt mainline bridge and divert westbound traffic onto the temporary bridge to allow the reconstruction of the westbound bridge to begin, officials said.

The $5.2 million project started in February when Scafar Contracting Inc. built the temporary bridge, enabling the DOT to maintain two travel lanes during daytime and peak period hours and accelerate construction of the new cast-in-place concrete bridge decks, officials said.

When the project is completed next spring, guide rails will be along the new bridge decks and for 700 feet along I-280 west of the bridge, officials said.

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Bridge work causes lane closures, traffic shifts on Interstate 280 in Morris County