Washington Street to be Closed for Railroad Crossing Repairs

For Immediate Release:
Contact: Jim Barry
August 5, 2024
Angela Pecora
609-963-1975

Washington Street is scheduled to be closed and detoured beginning tomorrow between Amboy Avenue and East Avenue for railroad crossing repairs in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County.

Beginning at 7 a.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, August 6, until 7 a.m. Friday, August 9, Washington Street will be closed in both directions from Amboy Avenue to East Avenue to remove and reconstruct the existing railroad crossing and approaches. Access will be maintained for local traffic. The following detours will be in place:

Washington Street Eastbound Detour

• Traffic on Washington Street eastbound will be directed to turn right onto Amboy Avenue
• Turn left onto New Brunswick Avenue
• Turn left onto East Avenue
• Turn right onto Washington Street eastbound

Washington Street Westbound Detour

• Traffic on Washington Street westbound will be directed to turn left onto East Avenue
• Turn right onto New Brunswick Avenue
• Turn right on Amboy Avenue
• Turn left onto Washington Street westbound

In order to provide safer and smoother railroad crossing, the existing crossing will be replaced with new concrete crossings and asphalt approaches. This federally funded project is included within NJDOT’s railroad grade-crossing safety program which repairs, upgrades, or removes approximately 50 crossings each year, statewide.

The precise timing of the work is subject to change due to weather or 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 X (Twitter) @NewJerseyDOT and on the NJDOT Facebook page.

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