Route 4 westbound ramp and lane closures next week in Paramus

Utility pole work requires daytime closures Sunday, and Wednesday through Friday

(Trenton) -New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials today announced the Route 4 westbound ramps to and from Paramus Road are schedule to be closed and detoured in Paramus this week for the continuation of utility pole work.

From 7 a.m. until 2 p.m., Sunday, February 3, PSE&G, is scheduled to close and detour the ramp from Route 4 westbound to Paramus Road southbound, as well the acceleration lanes on Route 4 westbound and eastbound for the continuation of utility pole work. All three travel lanes on Route 4 westbound will be open, as well as all four travel lanes on Route 4 eastbound while the work is taking place.  

On Wednesday, February 6 through Friday, February 8, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. each day, the Route 4 westbound ramp to Paramus Road southbound and the Paramus Road northbound ramp to Route 4 westbound will be closed and detoured. The following signed detours will be in place while the ramps are closed:

Route 4 westbound ramp to Paramus Road southbound detour:  
(Sunday 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and Wednesday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.)  

• Motorists on Route 4 westbound wishing to take the ramp to Paramus Road southbound will be directed to continue on Route 4 westbound
• Stay right to take Route 208 north/Oakland
• Take the exit for Plaza Road /Fair Lawn
• At the traffic signal at the end of the ramp turn right onto Plaza Road
• Go under the overpass and take the ramp onto Route 208 southbound
• Stay right and take the Exit for Saddle River Road south/To Garden State Parkway
• Stay right to get on Saddle River Road south
• At the traffic turn left onto Red Mill Road
• Turn right onto Paramus Road southbound

Paramus Road northbound ramp to Route 4 westbound detour:
(Wednesday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.)

• Motorists on Paramus Road northbound wishing to take Route 4 westbound will be directed to take the ramp to Route 4 eastbound
• Take Route 4 eastbound and stay right when the roadway splits
• Take the second Exit for Ikea Drive/U-turn
• At the light, use the left 2 lanes to turn onto the ramp for Route 4 west

PSE&G will transfer the wires from existing poles to the new poles at a later date. NJDOT will provide information on any future lane closures in advance of the work taking place.

The utility work is in advance of a $5 million project to replace the deck on the Paramus Road Bridge over Route 4 that is scheduled to take place in the spring of 2019.