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The annual Hackensack Meridian Bayshore Medical Center Foundation Oktoberfest Community Celebration, held virtually on Oct. 29, raised $100,000 for the COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund and construction ... Latest coronavirus headlines from Basking Ridge, Somerset County and across New Jersey: Exercising With Masks At NJ Gym Amid COVID? SEEKING A BETTER WAY TO THE BETSY ROSS BRIDGE: For nearly a half-century, Bridesburg residents lived at an uneasy peace with the Betsy Ross Bridge. Andrew Cuomo delivered his ... Latest coronavirus headlines from Toms River, Ocean County and across New Jersey: NJ Gov. So they take COVID-19 precautions seriously at Retro Fitness in Egg Harbor Township - keeping the door open for ... New heights were reached over the weekend as the coronavirus took more tri-state lives and expanded its already rising infection rate in New York and New Jersey. 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This 2000 photo shows the Philadelphia approach to the eastbound Betsy Ross Bridge. The project extended the "ramps-to-nowhere" at EXIT 26, which originally were intended for the Pulaski Expressway (PA 90), to Aramingo Avenue.Even after this project ended, officials still tried to extend the Betsy Ross Bridge approach past the elevated stub, which had been in place about 100 yards east of I-95 since the 1970s. Lane closures from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. are scheduled in the area of the Bridge Street interchange through Thursday. New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials today announced a daytime closure of the ramp from Route 130 southbound to the Betsy Ross Bridge/Route 90 westbound and a long-term closure of the ramp from Route 130 northbound to the Betsy Ross Bridge/Route 90 westbound, as a concrete repair project … On December 18, 1999, the Betsy Ross Bridge joined the EZ-Pass regional toll collection network.To improve safety, the DRPA installed a permanent concrete barrier along the roadway median in the fall of 2000. NJ 90 shield by Ralph Herman.Betsy Ross Bridge shield by Delaware River Port Authority.Lightposts by Millerbernd Manufacturing Company. Two years later, the Philadelphia Urban Traffic and Transportation Board, a predecessor agency to the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC), incorporated the proposed high-level bridge to New Jersey into its plan for a "five-mile-loop" expressway around Center City Philadelphia. (However, the mainline of the Betsy Ross Bridge approach, which was planned to continue straight over I-95, does not connect directly to Aramingo Avenue. Georges.). It's Not Too Shabby; Bridgewater High School To Reopen Monday Despite ... Latest coronavirus headlines from Middletown, Monmouth County and across New Jersey: COVID Cancels Middletown Veterans Day Parade, Set For Sunday; NJ Gets Ball Rolling On Marijuana Legalization After ... New Jersey reported 3,207 new positive cases, an increase of more than 1,000 new cases from the day before, Gov. by Robert Fensterer, The Philadelphia Inquirer (3/18/1971); "Ross, Barry Bridges Proposed," Philadelphia Daily News (1/16/1973); "Betsy Ross Bridge To Open in 1976," Keystone Motorist-Keystone Automobile Club (February 1976); "Delaware Bridge Opens May 1," The New York Times (3/20/1976); "Byrne Is Heckled at Opening of Bridge" by Donald Janson, The New York Times (5/01/1976); "In Search of a Better Way On and Off the Betsy Ross," The Philadelphia Inquirer (6/18/1983); "Neighborhoods Hope Ramps Lead to Peace" by Maria Panaritis, The Philadelphia Inquirer (8/30/1998); "Betsy Ross Bridge Lanes To Close for Several Months," The Philadelphia Inquirer (11/03/2000); "On Betsy Ross, EZ-Pass To Get Even Easier" by Paul Nussbaum, The Philadelphia Inquirer (8/19/2009); "Don't Be Steered Wrong: Ramps from Betsy Ross Bridge to Aramingo Avenue Not Yet Open" by Mike DeNardo, KYW-AM (12/05/2017); Delaware River Port Authority; New Jersey Department of Transportation; Scott Kozel; Raymond C. Martin; Scott Oglesby; Len Pundt; Sandy Smith; Rush Wickes. The Somerset County Department of Health on Saturday reported an additional 204 positive tests for the COVID-19 virus since Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases ... Latest coronavirus headlines from Bridgewater, Somerset County and across New Jersey: Exercising With Masks At NJ Gym Amid COVID? Site contents © by Eastern Roads. After a decade of traffic and environmental studies, work began on the new ramps in 1997. Betsy Ross Bridge. The crash occurred around 5:30 a.m. Thursday in the southbound lanes of I-95 in Bridesburg. Officials say from 7 p.m. until 5 a.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, the right lane of southbound I-95 at the Betsy Ross Bridge interchange will be closed. Check out some of our top stories this week in Bloomfield and Essex County. The ramp from the Betsy Ross Bridge to southbound I-95 will also be closed from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. for one year. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION: Construction of the Delair Bridge began in mid-1969. Flanking the through-truss spans are 10 smaller deck truss spans (five on each side of the through-truss spans), and a total of 41 deck-girder spans. NOTICE: New Jersey Ramp “C” (130 northbound to the Bridge) is closed until mid to late November. To address this problem, the DRPA, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and the Philadelphia City Council reached agreement on a solution that would take trucks away from residential streets. After a vehicle with a trailer containing at least one ATV was stolen in Eagle-Vail, the suspects were caught in the act of swapping out vehicles at a trailhead in Minturn, when they jumped into ... New heights were reached over the weekend as the coronavirus took more tri-state lives and expanded its already rising infection rate in New York and New Jersey. Back to The Crossings of Metro Philadelphia home page. 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(Photo by Steve Anderson.). Monday. “Anytime a project requires a closure you can expect sudden stops, shifting traffic patterns, and other changing conditions.” Beginning tonight, October 27, the Delaware River Port Authority will close and detour the ramp from Route 90 eastbound/Betsy Ross Bridge to John Tipton Boulevard/Suckle Highway/Hylton Road. In 2003, the DRPA conducted a traffic study of the area, estimating that a direct connection between the Betsy Ross Bridge and Arimingo Avenue would attract about 20,000 vehicles per day, while a proposed extension along an expanded Adams Avenue north to Torresdale Avenue would attract about 10,000 vehicles per day.