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Highway lane reopens at site of I-295 retaining wall collapse
Updated Apr 21, 2021;
The right lane that has been closed since the partial collapse of a retaining wall on I-295 last month reopened Wednesday morning as the excavation work and investigation into why it failed continues in Bellmawr, New Jersey transportation officials said.
As promised by Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, the DOT also hired a forensic engineer to investigate the cause of the retaining wall collapse. She made the commitment during a public meeting arranged by District 5 legislators on April 7.
The right lane was closed on March 25 as a safety precaution after the collapse and to allow construction vehicles to access the retaining wall. It was being constructed as part of the Direct Connection project that was under construction and not open to traffic.
Work on complicated N.J. interchange forges forward thanks to COVID-reduced traffic
Updated Apr 03, 2021;
Posted Apr 03, 2021
A view of the Valley Road overpass from Route 46 as Stage 2 of the Route 3/Route 46 Interchange Improvement Project Contract B takes place on Friday, April 2, 2021John Jones | For NJ Advance Media
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While the coronavirus decimated traffic volume in 2020, that lack of cars on the highway was used by the state Department of Transportation to make more progress on a project to eliminate congestion and confusion at the complicated Route 3 split from Route 46.
While commuters hunkered down in their home offices during the height of the pandemic, construction crews were at work in the center of Route 46 in Little Falls, working on the $250 million interchange project. That work will realign highway interchanges, and has already added shoulders and lanes for traffic to accelerate. Several highway overpasses were also replaced.