
In the meantime, residents are encouraged to plan their routes through the area accordingly and use the detour route to avoid delays. The work is scheduled to begin the day after Washington Township schools let out for the summer, and officials hope to complete the project by the time school reopens on Aug. More: Mendham, Long Valley churches file discrimination lawsuit after preservation grants denied When will the work be done? The county is installing temporary traffic signals at the intersections of Flocktown and Naughright, and at Naughright Road and Fairview Avenue, for the duration of the project. Motorists will be detoured along Flocktown Road, Naughright Road and Bartley Road while the bridge work is ongoing. Once the wall is finished, the bridge will be fully closed for about 21 more days so workers can remove and replace all material above the stone arches. That work is expected to take 51 days, during which northbound traffic will be able to cross the bridge as normal, the county said. of Plainfield, removes and reconstructs the wall.


In the first phase of the project, the southbound lane of Schooley's Mountain Road will be closed while the contractor, CMS Construction Corp. Long Valley: German Valley cemetery holds the past, looks to future Road closures planned The latest restoration follows emergency repairs conducted in February, after a traffic accident damaged the bridge.

A 1994 restoration installed steel arches to support the stonework, but part of the wall has deteriorated to the point that it needs full reconstruction above the arches, county officials said.
