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What Roads Should be Repaved in Bridgewater?

Tell us where you would like to see repairs made.

 

Road projects are taking place all over town, with major changes on Route 22 near Chimney Rock Road, and smaller work being done on neighborhood roads like Primrose Lane.

But is the road you travel most being treated?

We want to know what roads in town you think are most in need of repairs, repaving or overlay work.

Are they county or state roads? Or local roads as you travel through the neighborhood?

Make your voice heard, Bridgewater, and tell us in the comments what roads you think are most in need of repairs and why.

Related Topics: Bridgewater Township and Road Repaving

Fran Kelco

7:35 am on Thursday, June 21, 2012

Only road that is not paved in Bridgewater - south end of Beekman. Township claims they cannot justify, yet they drive down it to hide all the time and PSE&G is also parked there frequently.

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Diane Carroll

7:46 am on Thursday, June 21, 2012

Our road, Emerald Trail in Martinsville, is so full of patches and potholes that its impossible to find a smooth spot. Most of the surrounding roads are in the same horrible shape. It really is a disgrace that the town has let our roads get this bad. Curiously though, there is one road in the neighborhood that has been paved (Woodfield Rd.). I wonder who lives on that street....hmmm...someone well connected no doubt.

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Mike

8:37 am on Friday, June 22, 2012

In 2011 *and* 2012, either the county or the township scrambled to patch this minefield so that the cyclists from the Tour of Somerville event have less chance of crashing. Under the power lines is a sinkhole that gets fixed every 2-3 years (then sinks again), and the stretch close to Washington Valley Rd is third-world.

Drive any of the roads from Bridgewater to Bernards Twp and you immediately see improvement as soon as you go into Bernards...and this goes for snow plowing as well.

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Mike

12:05 pm on Monday, July 2, 2012

From your lips to someone's ears: what do I see on my commute this morning but Brown Rd getting paved. And not just a skim coat; they're going whole-hog! See pics I posted above.

cathi reckenbeil

8:16 am on Thursday, June 21, 2012

Van Holten Road - we have an elementary school on this road, and most of this road is in TERRIBLE shape, and has been for years! Besides the school, this road is a pass through between Country Club and Meadow, and is used by lots of people.

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Lou

10:18 am on Friday, June 22, 2012

I agree Cathi. Van Holten Road is soooooo bad :(

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Dave Cousineau

11:52 am on Wednesday, September 12, 2012

+1 on Van Holten. All the bus traffic makes the existing potholes worse and worse by the week.

I also nominate the intersection of Country Club and Garretson. Not only are the potholes bad, but they interrupt normal traffic flow, as you need to take the right-hand turn from Garretson WB to Country Club NB *really* slowly to avoid ruining your car.

David Wirth

8:46 am on Thursday, June 21, 2012

Southside and Loeser Avenues. They are in a forgotten area and are in terrible shape.

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Jules

8:50 am on Thursday, June 21, 2012

Vista Drive off Route 28 by The Hind and Fore Butcher Shop. That road is a thoroughfare for all the connecting developments. The stretch of road right at the traffic light is a mess.

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James Trynosky

9:19 am on Thursday, June 21, 2012

Bridgewater Avenue and all the side streets. All roads in the neighborhood are in terrible condition. If they ever get around to improving these roads, they should also make drainage improvements, as there is currently no functional storm drainage system in place.

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Krob16

9:35 am on Thursday, June 21, 2012

Brown Rd and the roads leading down to and around Sunset Lake.

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Dean Andricsak

10:18 am on Thursday, June 21, 2012

Gillbride Road in Martinsville !! It is a very dangerous, curved, hilly road with a tremendous amount of pot holes that are constantly becoming larger. The storm drain grates are caving in. For several years a paving crew comes out and spends several weeks patching. It is almost like they are training how to patch pot holes. Why not pave the road correctly once. There are no guard rails on the turns which have 50ft plus cliffs. The school busses ride that stree every day several times a day. The roadway is also to narrow, you have to pull over to the side in hopes that the bus can pass you.

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Dot Fitzsimmons

10:19 am on Thursday, June 21, 2012

Donahue Road, which has been patched a few years ago, is extremely bumpy and Krams Trail has many large cracks. It is terrible that the township has let the roads get so bad.

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Shirley Mantz

11:19 am on Thursday, June 21, 2012

Pine Street in Bradley Gardens could use some serious work - i don't think my internal organs are in the right places anymore.

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James Rokosny

11:22 am on Thursday, June 21, 2012

Meadow Rd. is terrible. It was paved in a couple of segments recently...but two of the segments have a .2mi section between them that is horrible. Never saw this done before...a gap of .2mi, filled with potholes. I got my 4th flat tire on my bicycle yesterday. If you ride or walk it, you would see many unfilled potholes.
Church rd. is even worse, which makes it odd that people cut through at 50 miles an hour.
There are many roads around town in need of improvement. Thanks for asking for this feedback...hope it helps.

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Mike

8:39 am on Friday, June 22, 2012

If they fix Church Rd, people will do 70mph.

Yvonne Craven

11:36 am on Thursday, June 21, 2012

All the roads in the Finderne section, south of Main St.: Ramsey, Rhia, Field St.,Manville Blvd. & Newberry are all terrible. A friend lives in the eastern end of Bridgewater, on Sebring Ave. and was appalled at how bad our streets were! Why can't our streets be well paved and curbed?

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James Trynosky

3:44 pm on Thursday, June 21, 2012

You are right, pretty much the entire road system in the Fiderne Neighborhood is in shambles.

We have one tiny random sidewalk curb on Bridgewater Ave at the stalled development across from the Reformed Church (Carriage CT) everything else is drainage ditches, crumbled asphalt and weeds. Half the ditches have been back filled and paved by the residents so they can park on the street, which has got to be a huge contributor to the drainage problems we have in big storms.

JoAnne Bixler

12:13 pm on Thursday, June 21, 2012

Brown road. It makes your teeth chatter when you drive it. We have been patient. Needs it now!

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Mike

8:40 am on Friday, June 22, 2012

Waiting for someone who dodges a pothole to cause an accident by veering into the oncoming traffic. There is a point to this: by leaving the road so bad, people will buy luxury cars and SUVs to save their sanity, thus helping the economy.

Anthony F. Diaz

5:38 pm on Thursday, June 21, 2012

Vosseller Ave, between Routes 28 and 22. Can't get to Dunkin Doughnuts (Rt 28 and Vosseller) without spilling my coffee due to potholes --- If that's not reason enough!

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Dan O'Leary

6:34 pm on Thursday, June 21, 2012

Country Club Road from 22 north to Van Holten, Garretson Road from the Municipal Complex to a quarter mile west of Hill Lane, Van Holten Road as mentioned previously,
Commons Way in front of the Municipal Complex. Intersection of Country Club and Garretson has to be reconstructed, not repaved, it's in that terrible a condition.
Thanks for the opportunity to vent.

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Bob and Pam Kiser

11:37 pm on Thursday, June 21, 2012

Van Holten Road, Country Club Road, Juniper Lane and Church Road are all in advanced deteriorated conditon and in need of paving. Thank you for allowing us to provide our input.

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Jeanne Kulesa

12:16 am on Friday, June 22, 2012

Brookside Drive in Martinsville has been patched so many times that there is hardly any of the original surface showing through. It's not only an eyesore, but is extremely dangerous to the many bikers, walkers, runners and drivers who are traveling on the road. Our families have even commented on the poor condition of our roads. Is this the impression we want to leave on those that visit?

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Mike

8:44 am on Friday, June 22, 2012

Mine Road, from Mountaintop/Papen to Crim (it's only 1/4 mile). This very steep hill, combined with snow/icerain, is beyond hazardous. And it would be nice to know what they're doing at Mine & North Bridge/Foothill (looks significant).

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Lou

11:53 am on Friday, June 22, 2012

Van Holten Road is a disaster especially where there is a school :(

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Lisa Kutchaver

1:54 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012

The roads around Sunset Lake, more specifically, Coriell Drive and South Shore Drives. Coriell is a nightmare. It is very narrow with a blind sharp turn. There is no way to avoid the enormous pot holes and patches. Quite a bit of traffic goes from Coriell on to South Shore then up Hemlock/Colonial to cut over from WV Road to Brown. This is also a big school bus route.

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Kevin

3:24 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012

Lived in Bridgewater for 27 years and Graybar Drive has never been repaved despite extensive patching every year. Curiously the newer road connected to it has been repaved once in the same period.

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Rachel L. Petrone

5:46 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Other than Washington Valley Rd., I don't think there's one road in our area (Hillcrest, Brookside Dr. and OMG Vosseler Ave.), that doesn't make my bones hurt when I drive them!

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MaryBeth

8:14 am on Monday, July 2, 2012

Billian Street. They recently paved SOME of the street and stopped at Frog Hollow. Really?? The entire road needs to be done.

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B

3:36 pm on Friday, July 6, 2012

Mallard drive in Martinsville. Whole chunks breaking off and leaving rubble and potholes everywhere. Really brings down the appearance of the otherwise nice block (and area).

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Kathryn P. Schmitt

6:15 pm on Tuesday, August 14, 2012

gilbride in the martinsville section. since it's now august and the vosseller construction is underway, i have had to use gilbride quite a bit more recently, and that road is treacherous. i remember riding a school bus on it; it was hell everyday.

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gfgk@msn.com

12:53 pm on Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Van Holten to right on Meadow and up any side road off of Meadow including Barrington. They continue to do these ridiculous patch jobs vs. actually re-paving. Check that, they re-paved some of Meadow, and patched other sections! Makes no sense what-so-ever!

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