Four railroad-crossing projects to take place this month in Morris County
Necessary safety work will require road closures and detours

(Trenton) -New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials today announced four railroad crossing rehabilitation projects that will require road closures and detours, with the first beginning October 17 in Morris County. The projects will be done one at a time. Three of the four projects will be done during the week, with one project being done on a weekend.

1. Stickle Avenue railroad crossing in Rockaway
Beginning at 6 a.m. Monday, October 17, until 7p.m. Friday, October 21, the two-way traffic on Stickle Avenue is scheduled to be closed between Oak Street and Cobb Street, before the railroad grade crossing. The following detours will be in place:

From Stickle Avenue east:

• Vehicles traveling east on Stickle Avenue will be directed south to Union Street
• Make a left onto Cobb Street
• Then another left back onto Stickle Avenue

From Stickle Avenue west:

• Vehicles traveling west on Stickle Avenue will be directed south to Cobb Street
• Continue on Cobb Street, and make a right on Union Street
• Then another right back onto Stickle Avenue

2. ROUTE 10 RAILROAD CROSSING IN ROXBURY
Route 10 is scheduled to be closed in both directions between Eyland Avenue and Main Street, before the railroad grade crossing on Friday October 21. Beginning at 6 p.m. Route 10 eastbound will be closed and at 8 p.m., Route 10 westbound will be closed. Route 10 will be reopened in both directions by 6a.m. Monday, October 24. The following detours will be in place:

From Route 10 east:

• Vehicles traveling on Route 10 eastbound will be directed to make a right onto Eyland Avenue
• Make a left onto Righter Road
• Then another left onto Park Avenue
• Make a right onto Sussex Turnpike
• Make a left onto Canfield Avenue and continue to Route 10

From Route 10 west:

• Vehicles traveling on Route 10 westbound will be directed to make a right onto Main street
• Make a left onto Eyland Avenue and continue to Route 10

Route 10 truck detour:

A truck detour is provided to detour trucks that are over 4 TONS around the construction area.

• Trucks on Route 10 eastbound that are traveling pass Eyland Avenue, will be diverted to Route 46 east to Canfield Avenue, make a right onto Canfield Avenue to Route 10.
• Trucks on Route 10 westbound that are traveling pass Eyland Avenue will be directed to make a right onto Canfield Avenue to Route 46, and make a left onto Route 46 west, continue on Route 46 west to the intersection with Route 10.
  

3. HIBERNIA AVENUE RAILROAD CROSSING IN ROCKAWAY/DENVILLE

Beginning at 6 a.m. Monday, October 24, until 7p.m. Friday, October 28, the two-way traffic on Hibernia Avenue is scheduled to be closed between Oak Street and Vanderhoof Avenue, before the railroad grade crossing. During construction, the ramp from Hibernia Avenue to Route I-80 eastbound will be closed and detoured for the duration of the project. In addition, a temporary one lane road will go across the tracks between Cooper Street and Hibernia Avenue for access to Vanderhoof Avenue only.

From Hibernia Avenue to I-80 eastbound:
Traffic wishing to access Route I-80 eastbound will be directed to Route 46 eastbound, then follow the regular sign indications to Route I-80:

• Traffic from Hibernia Avenue/CR 513/Halsey Avenue will be directed to bear left onto Green Pond Road
• Make a right onto Morris Avenue, which turns into Savage Road
• Make a right onto Franklin Road
• Make another left at the intersection with West Main Street/Route 46 eastbound
• Traffic traveling on East Main Street/CR644 will be directed to stay on CR644 to the intersection with Route 46 eastbound (Follow signs for I-80 eastbound)
  

4. OGDEN AVENUE RAILROAD CROSSING IN ROCKAWAY
Beginning at 6 a.m. Monday, October 31, Ogden Avenue is scheduled to be closed permanently to vehicular and pedestrian traffic between Jackson Avenue and Drake Avenue, at the railroad grade crossing. Plantings, curbing and guide rail will be installed to buffer the railroad from outside access.

The traffic detours will be coordinated with the local police. If work is completed earlier, the roadways will be reopened accordingly.

In order to provide safer and smoother railroad crossing in Morris County, the existing crossings will be replaced with new concrete crossings and new asphalt approaches. This federally-funded project is included within NJDOT’s railroad grade-crossing safety program which repairs, upgrades, or removes approximately 30 crossings each year, statewide.

The precise timing of the work is subject to change due to weatheror other factors. Motorists are encouraged to check NJDOT's traffic information website www.511nj.org for real-time travel information and for NJDOT news follow us on Twitter @NJDOT_info.