Old Trenton Road reopens with new bridge.
Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes and West Windsor Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh announced the reopening of the bridge carrying Old Trenton Road over the Assunpink Creek in West Windsor.
About four months ago, Hughes and Hsueh broke ground on the project, which consisted of demolition and removal of the existing concrete bridge. It was completed on schedule.
The bridge, which is located between Robbinsville-Edinburg Road (County Route 526) and Edinburg Road/Windsor Road (County Route 641), was built in 1927 and was considered structurally deficient and no longer capable of handling today’s traffic.
The replacement structure is a single span bridge, composed of galvanized steel stingers supporting a reinforced concrete deck. The new, widened bridge has two 11-foot-wides through lanes, a 10-foot-wide center turn slot and two six-foot shoulders.
Additionally, there is a six-foot sidewalk on the north side of the bridge to allow for a through sidewalk along the roadway at some point in the future.
The existing traffic signal at the intersection of Edinburg-Windsor Road and Old Trenton Road was upgraded. Also, a new traffic signal was installed at the Robbinsville-Edinburg Road intersection with Old Trenton Road.
A left-turn slot was added onto both Edinburg Road and Robbinsville-Edinburg Road, to reduce traffic back-ups during peak periods.
The Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders approved the award of bid to Lucas Construction Group of Morganville on May 21. The cost of the project is $2,138,588.11 and was funded through the annual transportation programs from the New Jersey Department of Transportation Division of Local Aid.
