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NJDOT Restores All Route 22 Lanes Near Commons Mall

The construction work was completed earlier than was scheduled.

Officials with the New Jersey Department of Transportation announced Thursday that all lanes on Route 22 near Mountain Avenue in Bridgewater and Somerville have officially reopened—a few weeks earlier than expected.

The highway had been restricted to one lane at that intersection in mid-May to install a new drainage system and make curb and pavement repairs along Route 22 East in the area of Route 202/202 and Mountain Avenue.

The right lane was reopened as of Wednesday morning.

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The area is now at full capacity again with two travel lanes and an acceleration lane.

According to a release from the NJDOT, the lane was expected to be closed until mid-June, but the work was finished early by contractor Green Construction Inc.

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The work is part of a $7.9 million safety improvement and congestion project that began in February through Bridgewater and Somerville. The project is expected to widen the existing highway shoulders to provide new acceleration and deceleration lanes along Route 22.

The project itself is scheduled to be completed in early summer 2014.

The release said all remaining construction work is being done overnight with lane closures and permanent shoulder closures, and all available travel lanes are being maintained between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. during the week.


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