Friday, December 14, 2012
Route 88 bridge will be closed three more nights
The Route 88 bridge in Point Pleasant Borough will be closed from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Dec. 19 and 26 and Jan. 2. Like the closure this past Monday and Thursday nights, the upcoming closures are due to the Army Corps of Engineers repairing the corroded steel of the bulkhead along the canal, said Steve Rochette, an Army Corps spokesperson. The repairs are part of work that has been ongoing for months and has nothing to do with Superstorm Sandy, Rochette said.
Monday, December 10, 2012
Closure from 10 p.m. Mon. until 5 a.m. Tues.
The Route 88 Bridge over the Point Pleasant Canal in Point Pleasant Borough is scheduled to be closed to traffic from 10 p.m. Monday through 5 a.m. Tuesday. The state Department of Transportation (NJDOT) is closing the bridge overnight to allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform necessary underwater work in the Canal at this location. A prepared statement from NJDOT says: "NJDOT will utilize variable message signs on Route 88 to alert motorists of the bridge closures and detour. The following detours will be in place during the closures: • Route 88 eastbound motorists will take Beaver Dam Road (CR 630) to Bridge Avenue east over the Lovelandtown Bridge to Bay Avenue to Route 88 eastbound. • Route 88 westbound …
Monday, September 17, 2012
Brick responders participated in response
A Wall man who jumped off the Route 88 bridge has been charged with swimming in the Point Pleasant Canal and disorderly conduct, police said Monday. Devon R. Kuehnen, 34, of the Allenwood section of Wall, suffered only a minor laceration to his nose after jumping from the bridge late Friday night, setting off a massive manhunt that lasted more than two hours, police said. Police, divers, first aid and fire department volunteers searched the canal and surrounding areas before finding Kuehnen safe on a canal bank early Saturday morning, police said. He was charged and released on a summons. Swimming in the canal is prohibited by borough ordinance. A bridge tender called the police at 11:48 p.m. Friday, saying a man had jumped from the bridge…
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Suresh Kumar Magan died after the collision with a tractor-trailer on Wednesday morning
Brick Township police have identified the Point Pleasant man killed Wednesday morning in a collision with a tractor-trailer on Route 88. Suresh Kumar Magan was pronounced dead at Ocean Medical Center, Brick, after the accident, which occurred just before 9 a.m. at the intersection of Route 88 and Coolidge Drive. Magan, whose age was initially said to be 48 but who may have been older, lived on Route 88 in Point Pleasant and worked at the LukOil gasoline station on the corner of Route 88 and Jordan Road, Brick Capt. John Rein said Thursday. Magan has relatives in India and in London who have been notified, Rein said. No further information was available at this time, he said. Brick Sgt. David Bedrosian on Wednesday said the initial …
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Point Pleasant man's name is being withheld for now
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
A 48-year-old Point Pleasant man was killed in Brick Wednesday morning after his bicycle collided with a tractor-trailer on Route 88, police said. The crash occurred at 8:58 a.m. near the intersection of Route 88 and Coolidge Drive, across from Midstreams Road, leaving the state highway and some adjacent streets closed for about four hours. The victim's name was not released pending notification of next-of-kin, police said. Sgt. David Bedrosian said the tractor-trailer had been stopped for the red traffic light on Route 88 westbound at the intersection with Coolidge Drive. The bicyclist, he said, was also traveling westbound on the right edge of the roadway. As the traffic light turned green for westbound traffic, the tractor-trailer began…
Thursday, December 15, 2011
But that's iffy because DOT still planning how to rebuild Beaver Dam Creek bridge and DEP permits needed
There may be a way to rebuild the bridge on Route 88 over the Beaver Dam Creek without closing the eastbound lane, said a state Department of Transportation official on Wednesday. At the urging of Brick councilman-elect James Fozman, Ahmad Qureshi, DOT project manager, said the state agency may be able to take apart the existing bridge and build a new one without closing the eastbound lane for part of the 9 to 12 months that work is ongoing. The current proposal is for the eastbound lane of Route 88 on the bridge to be closed for at least part of the time the bridge is being rebuilt. The rebuilding of the bridge, which was built in 1923, was discussed at a DOT Public Information Center at the Brick Township Municipal Building on …
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Lanes could be closed for 8 to 12 months near Brick-Point border
It's one of the primary gateways between Point Borough and Brick and it's going to be partially closed and rebuilt in a couple of years. The bridge over Beaver Dam Creek, on Route 88, needs to be rebuilt, which means the eastbound lane will have to be closed during at least part of the projected 8 to 12 months it will take to get the work done, according to the state Department of Transportation. The rebuilding of the bridge will be the subject of a meeting at the Brick Township Municipal Building, 401 Chambersbridge Rd., Brick, from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday. The bridge has to be rebuilt for a number of reasons, including that it's "structurally deficient, functionally obsolete" and has no sidewalks, according to the DOT (see first attached …
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Dump truck hit GSP overpass
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Route 88 and other local streets have reopened after a dump truck hit the Garden State Parkway overpass early Wednesday morning just after 3 a.m. The roadway was closed between Jack Martin Boulevard and Chambers Bridge Road, according to Brick Police Capt John Rein, but is now reopened. The accident occurred within the borders of Lakewood, just east of the Ocean Lanes bowling alley, and Lakewood police are investigating the accident, Rein said. Detours that were in place early Wednesday morning have been lifted.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Accident occurred on Route 88 in Point Pleasant Boro
Police are still investigating an accident that involved a car hitting a utility pole on Route 88 and overturning, said Captain Richard Larsen on Tuesday. Timothy P. Tarnowski, 22, Brick, told police a mechanical problem with the steering on his black GMC caused him to lose control of the vehicle just west of the Bridge Avenue intersection on Saturday. He was not injured and no charges have been filed at this point, but the investigation is continuing, Larsen said. Police were called to the scene of the crash in front of 3211 Route 88 at 3:19 p.m. Saturday. The pole was badly damaged and had to be replaced by Jersey Central Power and Light, while police handled traffic control on the busy street, Larsen said.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Multiple lanes closed on both roadways
Authorities were clearing an accident from the intersection of routes 70 and 88 in Brick where a vehicle reportedly overturned Thursday night. The accident was first reported just after 9:30 p.m. Thursday. By 10 p.m., police had blocked off several lanes of Route 70 and were directing eastbound traffic onto Princeton Avenue. Residual delays remained at several other Route 70 intersections since re-routed traffic was trying to make its way back onto the state highway. The entire intersection was closed. A tow truck was observed removing a heavily-damaged vehicle from the intersection. Multiple ambulances, including one from Point Pleasant Beach, were responding to the scene. More information will be reported here as it is released.
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