Camden County bridge will be closed for 3 months for $2.5 million repair project
The Collings Avenue Bridge closure begins Tuesday.
Countless drivers in Camden County will be rerouted over the next few months as the Collings Avenue Bridge closes for a multi-million-dollar repair project.
Starting Tuesday, the steel bridge over Newton Creek at the border of Gloucester and Camden cities will be closed for about three months, the county announced.
Traffic headed toward the bridge will be diverted to I-676 via Broadway and Morgan Boulevard.
The $2.5 million project includes replacing the concrete deck, sidewalks, and parapet, as well as refurbishing support beams and bearings.
“These improvements to the Collings Avenue Bridge are essential to keeping our infrastructure safe and reliable,” Camden County Commissioner Al Dyer, liaison to the Department of Public Works, said in a statement. “We want to thank our residents for their patience during the next few months and recommend that they give themselves extra time in their commute while detours are in place.”