A THIRD large road project for the connected 76/42/295 corridor is being pushed up to start THIS YEAR by the New Jersey Department of Transportation! This new one is on 76 through Gloucester City, less than a mile north of the massive Direct Connect! To fully understand the project and traveler impacts, check out the article and diagrams!
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Last night a public Zoom video meeting was held with NJDOT Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, to discuss the recent roadway collapse on the Direct Connect 295/42/76 Roadway project centered in Bellmawr. Topics also covered were the full project status and the Missing Moves project. All of the answers are not available yet, but the open communications from NJDOT was appreciated, and sets a path to ongoing public updates.
NJ Department of Transportation is conducting a Public Direct Connect Project update on Wednesday, April 7th! You need to register in advance to view, and you can submit questions in advance. Plus, ANOTHER 42Freewway commentary/drone video in the article!
On Thursday Morning March 25th, a large segment of retaining wall and roadway for the massive Direct Connect project for Routes 295 and 42 in Bellmawr New Jersey… collapsed. This post includes a Video analysis, theory and more on collapsed roadway and retaining wall. Plus some requests of NJDOT.. “I need the info”
Mark from 42Freeway heads back to Bellmawr’s massive Direct Connect project, to review what has changed in the last few months. And yes, there are new things to talk about. This update is really a 7 min YouTube video (bottom of article) but we’ll highlight here in writing and photos the things in the video.
What are they building along Rt 42 in Bellmawr? A lot of digging and ramps going up?! It is the Missing Moves project which is to filling in the missing connections between Rt 42 and Rt 295… “Why can’t I get on 2955 South to Delaware?” Well soon you will be able to. They are moving fast and this is not the whole story! More to come!