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Route 22 East Ramp to Close Monday in Easton
Bridge commission says exit ramp closure should be the last significant traffic change for the year.
The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission will shut down a Route 22 east entrance ramp in Easton Monday as part of its bridge rehab project.
The ramp in question is the one at Second and Bushkill streets. It will be shut down for four weeks, the commission said in a news release.
Drivers can access Route 22 east from the ramp on Route 611 north/Larry Holmes Drive, which will reopen Monday after being closed since July.
The shutdown is expected to last until Dec. 14, and marks the final significant traffic change for the year, the DRJTBC said.
The repairs are part of the DRJTBC's $30 million project to rehabilitate the bridge between Easton and Phillipsburg, as well as some of the surrounding exits and overpasses.
In mid-July, it diverted all traffic into two single lanes, closing the eastbound part of the highway from just before Fourth Street in Easton to the toll bridge in Phillipsburg. That pattern is expected to be in place until late December.
The overall project is expected to take until early 2015, and will involve Route 22 being reduced to one lane during part of that time, including much of this year and another nine months in 2014.
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