Community Corner

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Closed Thursday

The bridge will be closed to traffic for at least Wednesday night, possibly Thursday.

By Elaine Van Develde

If you're thinking of crossing the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge anytime in the late evening Thursday or early morning hours Friday, pick an alternate route.

The bridge will be closed starting Thursday from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Friday, though there was a possibility that work that started Wednesday night would be finished Thursday morning, according to Monmouth County officials.

Why the closure for a second overnight shift? "The (regular maintenance) work could not be completed in the one night," Monmouth County Public Information Officer Laura Kirkpatrick said. "The work requires that the bridge be in the upright position."

Kirpatrick had said that county officials thought initially that the one night might have been sufficient, but it turned out not to be. "Two were scheduled, just in case," she said. 

So, in order to avoid bridge crossing during those hours and get into or out of Sea Bright, either cross the Oceanic Bridge to or from Highlands and the Middletown area, or, if coming or going from the south, take Seven Bridges Road, off Rumson Road, as an alternate westerly route from the Long Branch area to and from the Rumson area.


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