Traffic will shift on Route 1 over the Millstone River as construction crews working on the ongoing bridge replacement project set up a new construction zone on the northbound side of the highway.
As a result, the state Department of Transportation will be shifting southbound traffic to the right and northbound traffic to the left — which will result in two nights of lane closures on consecutive weekends.
The first closure will be on Friday, March 19, when the DOT will close two southbound lanes from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. on Saturday, March 20. A single lane of Route 1 southbound will remained closed, however, until 9 a.m.
Then, on Friday, March 26, the DOT will close two lanes on the northbound side from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. on Saturday, March 27. A single lane on the northbound side will remain closed until 9 a.m.
During both of these traffic shifts, one lane of Route 1 will remain open in each direction. Once the new traffic pattern is implemented, Route 1 will maintain three full lanes of traffic in each direction over the Millstone River.
The $18.8 million project will replace the structurally deficient Route 1 Bridge over the Millstone River. The project is scheduled for completion in October 2010.
