Detours snarled traffic in the area for four months.
The Wallkill River flowing in a heavy rainstorm under the new Main Street bridge in Sparta on Wednesday.A 15-foot, 6-inch span crossing the Wallkill River in Sparta opened on Tuesday, four months after its predecessor, built in 1935, was fully closed, officials said.
More than 10,000 motorists per day are expected to use the new Main Street bridge, based on prior traffic estimates. The old bridge closed on Aug. 6.The four-month project resulted in extensive detours that snarled rush hour traffic, with drivers switching to Route 517 or accessing Main Street via Glen Road.
The bridge is located near a shopping plaza anchored by a Shop & Stop, along with a funeral home, post office and standalone stores in the business district.Rob Jennings | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com “We knew this was coming. We made the public as aware as possible,” Sparta Police Chief Jeffrey McCarrick said.The most recent traffic count for the bridge was in 2015, with a daily user total of 10,492 vehicles per day, according to Sussex County’s engineering department.The now-replaced, 89-year-old span was “structurally deficient and in overall poor condition,” according to an overview on Sussex County’s government website.
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