Route 27 in Franklin Township will be closed Friday through Monday, Aug. 26-28, 2016, for the installation of a temporary bridge.
FRANKLIN -- Route 27 will be closed Friday through Monday for the installation of a temporary bridge, Franklin police have announced on their Facebook Page.
Beginning Friday at 9 p.m., Route 27, between Route 518 and Promenade Boulevard, will be shut down to traffic in both directions, police said.
A temporary bridge is going to be installed using federal funds by the New Jersey Department of Transportation ahead of a scheduled drainage project to begin in September, police said.
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The road will be closed through Monday at 6 a.m.
Because this is a federally-funded project, the project is not part of the shutdown of rail, road and bridge work being paid out of the dwindling Transportation Trust Fund.
Earlier this summer, the governor ordered a halt to many state projects paid for out of the fund, including the replacement of the Route 518 bridge over the Delaware and Raritan Canal, in order to conserve what money is left.
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