Is South Orange Ave. East Bound Closed Now ?

bluepool

Dec 10, 2015 at 11:56am

S curves are closed. Absolute traffic nightmare. Stay far, far away!!

bets

Dec 10, 2015 at 1:07pm

Another nightmare commute. I hate Essex County

meggie

Dec 10, 2015 at 3:52pm

bets said:

Another nightmare commute. I hate Essex County

I was sooo burned out when I finally got home. Will they ever finish this damn road??

TarheelsInNj

Dec 10, 2015 at 4:17pm

Yeah it spilled over onto 24. That was rough.

vermontgolfer

Dec 10, 2015 at 4:37pm

How long will it be like this? I didn't see any notices about closing shift this time.

Robert_Casotto

Dec 11, 2015 at 1:20am Edited

Call and complain. Sadly, however, I really don't think they give a *****.

http://ecdpw.org

eastbound. It was on county website - supposed to be 7-4 wednesday, thursday and friday. No big sign at s curves however. That was helpful when they did it the first time. By the time it is over at 4 damage is done. Don't know if they in fact finish at 4.

cupoftea

Dec 11, 2015 at 1:27am

I believe it is scheduled to be closed again today too for milling and paving. Haven't heard anything about next week.

skadave

Dec 11, 2015 at 3:23am

Thank you for creating this thread. . . even though the question was not answered when I left work, I avoided the S-Curves anyway. It turns out that it was a good idea.

EricH

Dec 11, 2015 at 4:10am

http://villagegreennj.com/towns/government/south-orange-avenue-eastbound-lane-closures-december-9-11/

Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced that the eastbound lanes of South Orange Avenue between Cherry Lane/Brookside Drive and Wyoming Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic onWednesday, December 9th; Thursday, December 10th and Friday, December 11th from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily so the roadway can be milled and paved.

The westbound lanes will remain open.

This is part of the ongoing $30 million federally-funded project to flatten the curves in the road, enhance motor vehicle safety and improve storm drainage.
“Closing South Orange Avenue will be an inconvenience for motorists traveling to work or school or going about their daily business. However, it must be done to maximize safety for drivers, pedestrians and construction crews,” DiVincenzo said. “We ask motorists to follow our detour, plan alternate routes and give themselves additional time to travel. We appreciate the public’s cooperation and look forward to a new and improved South Orange Avenue,” he added.

During the road closure, motor vehicles traveling eastbound on South Orange Avenue will be detoured north on Cherry Lane to east on Northfield Avenue to south on Wyoming Avenue before returning to South Orange Avenue. The westbound lanes of South Orange Avenue will remain open and there will be no detour.

berkeley

Dec 11, 2015 at 4:17am

FYI, yesterday around 4:15 or so, the EB lane was still closed. The lighted sign says this is happening next week too despite what the press release says...so who knows???

wendyn

Dec 11, 2015 at 5:23am Edited

A warning that I believe Glen Ave by the Millburn Library is also closed today (Friday 12/11) which will surely aggregate the traffic issues.

tjohn

Dec 11, 2015 at 8:22am

wendyn said:

A warning that I believe Glen Ave by the Millburn Library is also closed today (Friday 12/11) which will surely aggregate the traffic issues.

The S-curves and Glen Ave on the same day?!? A tour de force in planning.

rhw

Dec 11, 2015 at 10:40am

Is it open East Bound now?

susan1014

Dec 11, 2015 at 10:59am Edited

I don't think so...I was just talking to someone who came from that way in the last 45 minutes and had to detour.

cmaynard

Dec 11, 2015 at 12:09pm

Read it and weep:

http://villagegreennj.com/towns/government/south-orange-ave-eastbound-lanes-closed-dec-16-18/

RobB

Dec 11, 2015 at 1:43pm

afa

Dec 11, 2015 at 1:57pm

tjohn said:

wendyn said:

A warning that I believe Glen Ave by the Millburn Library is also closed today (Friday 12/11) which will surely aggregate the traffic issues.

The S-curves and Glen Ave on the same day?!? A tour de force in planning.

I got stuck in this around 4 and thought I was in the clear when I finally turned into Glen from the never-ending scenic crawl down Brookside. When I saw that there was construction by the library it really took all of my being not to drop huge F-bombs in front of my kid. Really terrible planning, whoever did that. Happy Friday indeed.

TarheelsInNj

Dec 11, 2015 at 2:36pm

afa said:

tjohn said:

wendyn said:

A warning that I believe Glen Ave by the Millburn Library is also closed today (Friday 12/11) which will surely aggregate the traffic issues.

The S-curves and Glen Ave on the same day?!? A tour de force in planning.

I got stuck in this around 4 and thought I was in the clear when I finally turned into Glen from the never-ending scenic crawl down Brookside. When I saw that there was construction by the library it really took all of my being not to drop huge F-bombs in front of my kid. Really terrible planning, whoever did that. Happy Friday indeed.

Same. I was coming from Livingston Mall at 2:30 and it took me over half an hour to get to downtown Maplewood. Brookside was actually okay but then backed up on both Glen and Millburn Ave. Sigh.

bets

Dec 15, 2015 at 9:58am

I cannot believe they're pulling this crap again all this week. Other municipalities manage to do this during might hours, why the HELL can't Essex County? There is certainly enough light to work by!