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To install steel beams as part of the Missing Moves project...I-295/Al-Jo’s Curve to be closed and detoured later this week

(Trenton) – New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials today announced overnight ramp closures on Route 42 this week as the I-295/Route 42 Missing Moves project advances in Bellmawr, Camden County. In addition, the I-295 southbound ramp to Route 42 southbound and I-295 southbound, also known as Al-Jo's Curve, is scheduled to be closed and detoured overnight later this week.

Monday, December 12 through Friday, December 16

Beginning at 10 p.m. tonight, Monday, December 12, until 5 a.m., tomorrow, Tuesday, December 13 and again Tuesday through Friday nights at the same times, NJDOT’s contractor, South State Inc., is scheduled to close and detour the ramps from Benigno Avenue to Route 42 northbound and Route 42 southbound Exit 14 to Creek Road. The closures are necessary to install steel beams. The following detours will be in place:

Benigno Avenue ramp to Route 42 northbound detour:

• Motorists on Benigno Avenue wishing to take the ramp to Route 42 northbound will be directed to Route 168/North Black Horse Pike southbound
• Turn right onto Route 41/West Clements Bridge Road southbound
• Stay right to take the ramp to CR 544 westbound to Route 42 northbound
• Take the ramp to Route 42 northbound

Route 42 southbound Exit 14 ramp to Creek Road detour:

• Motorists traveling on Route 42 southbound wishing to take Exit 14 to CR 753/Creek Road/Bellmawr will be directed to continue on Route 42 southbound
• Take Exit 13 to Route 55 southbound/Glassboro/Vineland
• Take Exit 58 to CR 621/Deptford/Almonesson
• Turn left on Almonesson Road
• Turn right onto Route 47/Delsea Drive northbound, which becomes Broadway
• Turn right onto Creek Road before the Brooklawn Circle
• Take Creek Road back to Leaf Avenue/Harding Avenue

Wednesday, December 14 through Friday, December 16

Beginning at 10 p.m. Wednesday, December 14, until 5 a.m., Thursday, December 15 and again on Thursday and Friday nights at the same times the I-295 southbound ramp to Route 42 southbound and I-295 southbound, also known as Al-Jo's Curve, is scheduled to be closed and detoured. The closure is necessary to install steel beams. The following detour will be in place:

I-295 southbound to Route 42 southbound/I-295 southbound detour:

• Motorists traveling on I-295 southbound to Route 42 southbound will be directed to exit left at Exit 26/I-76 westbound
• Take I-76 westbound to Exit 2/I-676 northbound
• Take I-676 northbound to Exit 1/Collings Avenue
• Turn right onto Collings Avenue
• Turn left onto I-676 southbound which becomes I-76 eastbound
• Take I-76 eastbound to Exit 1A/I-295 southbound

The $180 million federally-funded project will build new ramps connecting Route 42 northbound to I-295 southbound, and I-295 northbound to Route 42 southbound in order to allow for the direct movement of traffic between the two roadways. These are commonly known as the “missing moves.” The project will also include the demolition and reconstruction of the Creek Road Bridge over I-295 between Route 42 and Almonesson Road. The majority of the project will be built off of the roadways and will have minimal impact on traffic on Route 42 and I-295.  The project is expected to be completed in late 2023.

Motorists are encouraged to check NJDOT’s traffic information website www.511nj.org for construction updates and real-time travel information and for NJDOT news follow us on Twitter @NewJerseyDOT and our Facebook page.