New Jersey Route 52
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| Route 52 |
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| Length: | 2.74 mi[1] (4.41 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1951[2] | ||||||||
| South end: | Palen Avenue in Ocean City | ||||||||
| North end: |  US 9 in Somers Point |
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Route 52 is a state highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is comprised of a series of bridges over Great Egg Harbor from Ocean City to Somers Point. The highway terminates at U.S. Route 9 in Somers Point and Palen Avenue in Ocean City.
Plans are underway for a new causeway to replace current 70-year-old bridges. The new bridge will be finished in 2012. On January 16, 2006, the New Jersey Department of Transportation reduced traffic on the existing bridges from four lanes to two lanes to limit the weight on the old structures. The highway was reopened to four lanes of traffic after guardrail repairs were made on May 18, 2006, with a new speed limit of 35 mph.[3] After years of delays, construction began on the new bridge in September of 2006. Crews began the project by clearing a staging area on Garrets Island near the Ocean City side.[4]
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[edit] References
- ^ New Jersey Route 52 Straight Line Diagram from the New Jersey Department of Transportation
- ^ New Jersey Roads - NJ State Highways: 41-54, Steve Alpert
- ^ NJDOT doubles capacity of Route 52 Causeway. New Jersey Department of Transportation (May 17, 2006). Retrieved on July 6, 2005.
- ^ Miller, Michael. "Five-year job to cost $400 million", Press of Atlantic City, September 26, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-01-05.
