South Orange Avenue Closed ("S TURNS")

REMINDER - SOUTH ORANGE AVENUE CLOSED -

7/21 - 7/23 and 7/28 - 7/30

South Orange Avenue between Cherry Lane/Brookside Drive and Wyoming Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic from Tuesday, July 21st to Thursday, July 23rd and Tuesday, July 28th to Thursday, July 30th.

The closures are necessary so a new arch bridge can be installed over the roadway. Detours will be established directing traffic to Northfield Avenue. Motorists are encouraged to plan alternate routes or give themselves additional time.

Thanks for the reminder!! I was pleasantly surprised that 24 moved okay this morning, as usually there's spillover traffic from SO Ave delays. Kinda dreading the ride home though...

Does anyone know whether "to Thursday, July 23rd" means it will be closed on Thursday, all day?

The sign on So Orange Ave says Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week and next, I think

From the Village Green

http://villagegreennj.com/towns/government/south-orange-ave-closed-july-21-23-28-30-detours-available/

South Orange Avenue between Cherry Lane/Brookside Drive and
Wyoming Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic from Tuesday, July
21st to Thursday, July 23rd and Tuesday, July 28th to Thursday, July
30th

Will the Dog Park area in the Reservation be open?

cms78 said:
Will the Dog Park area in the Reservation be open?

The signs on SO Avenue at Wyoming Avenue say "Closed except Residents" or something like that. I suppose you could hike with your dog up to the dog park to find out. If anyone is hiking up there and learns something one way or another, perhaps they could post here and let us know.

cms78 said:
Will the Dog Park area in the Reservation be open?

I went today, and took the back way up to Glenview, then to the light and a left on SO Ave. It was fine. I'm not sure you can get through the barriers for the direct route.

Dennis_Seelbach said:

cms78 said:
Will the Dog Park area in the Reservation be open?

I went today, and took the back way up to Glenview, then to the light and a left on SO Ave. It was fine. I'm not sure you can get through the barriers for the direct route.

There was a police officer there when I went by earlier and I suspect he might have challenged anyone trying to go through. (I was just trying to get from Gregory/Wyoming over to Wyoming to get back to Maplewood from West Orange, so it wasn't an issue for me.)

sac said:

Dennis_Seelbach said:

cms78 said:
Will the Dog Park area in the Reservation be open?

I went today, and took the back way up to Glenview, then to the light and a left on SO Ave. It was fine. I'm not sure you can get through the barriers for the direct route.

There was a police officer there when I went by earlier and I suspect he might have challenged anyone trying to go through. (I was just trying to get from Gregory/Wyoming over to Wyoming to get back to Maplewood from West Orange, so it wasn't an issue for me.)

Do you think I would be able to bike up to the reservation?

cms78 said:

sac said:

Dennis_Seelbach said:

cms78 said:
Will the Dog Park area in the Reservation be open?

I went today, and took the back way up to Glenview, then to the light and a left on SO Ave. It was fine. I'm not sure you can get through the barriers for the direct route.

There was a police officer there when I went by earlier and I suspect he might have challenged anyone trying to go through. (I was just trying to get from Gregory/Wyoming over to Wyoming to get back to Maplewood from West Orange, so it wasn't an issue for me.)

Do you think I would be able to bike up to the reservation?

It would be in the AM

cms78 said:

sac said:

Dennis_Seelbach said:

cms78 said:
Will the Dog Park area in the Reservation be open?

I went today, and took the back way up to Glenview, then to the light and a left on SO Ave. It was fine. I'm not sure you can get through the barriers for the direct route.

There was a police officer there when I went by earlier and I suspect he might have challenged anyone trying to go through. (I was just trying to get from Gregory/Wyoming over to Wyoming to get back to Maplewood from West Orange, so it wasn't an issue for me.)

Do you think I would be able to bike up to the reservation?

I would think so, but I guess I can't read the police officers' minds on this.

Any chance the avenue is re-opened?

Not as of an hour ago

bets said:
Any chance the avenue is re-opened?

Open now

I called both Maplewood and South Orange non-emergency police numbers to inquire about whether it was open. I was met with surprisingly rude responses from both departments - Maplewood: Put on hold, then a brusque "Call South Orange, it's their jurisdiction" preceding a hang up; South Orange: "I don't know. I don't think so." Which is it? Why was I being treated like an annoyance?

I understand the county is providing security personnel, but I feel I deserve to be treated a little more politely by our local PDs.

Good to know the S-curves are open now since we need to go that way tomorrow afternoon.

Yes they are open, but be aware that if you then take Pleasant Valley toward Verona, it's closed at Eagle Rock, for paving I think.

bets said: I understand the county is providing security personnel, but I feel I deserve to be treated a little more politely by our local PDs.

Not defending the lack of politeness... but it is a county project and they are not just providing security, but in charge of the whole thing. Try Essex County Sheriff's Dept: (973) 324-9750

Are they closed today?

rhw said:
Are they closed today?

Yes. 7 am tues through 7 pm Thursday

If you look at a map of Maplewood the s-curves are contained within the town's borders. Claiming it's South Orange's or the County's jurisdiction is just lazy. They should be able to answer questions about road closures within the Town.

Here is the first sentence of their Mission Statement:

"The mission of the Maplewood Police Department is to serve and safeguard all persons within the Township in a fair, safe, professional and considerate manner consistent with the law and established goals of the community."

yahooyahoo said:
If you look at a map of Maplewood the s-curves are contained within the town's borders. Claiming it's South Orange's or the County's jurisdiction is just lazy. They should be able to answer questions about road closures within the Town.

South Orange Avenue is a County Road, and as such is under Essex County jurisdiction. However, both Maplewood and South Orange should be providing information on the closures to their residents on their respective web sites.

Rob_Sandow said:

yahooyahoo said:
If you look at a map of Maplewood the s-curves are contained within the town's borders. Claiming it's South Orange's or the County's jurisdiction is just lazy. They should be able to answer questions about road closures within the Town.

South Orange Avenue is a County Road, and as such is under Essex County jurisdiction. However, both Maplewood and South Orange should be providing information on the closures to their residents on their respective web sites.

I got at least one, maybe more, of those Maplewood Township emails about it.

Maplewood does have s-curve closure information on their website and has been sending out e-mails as reminders to those who have subscribed to such messages. I believe the s-curve messages came from the engineering department.

All I wanted was information and to be treated with courtesy. I received neither from Maplewood or South Orange police departments.

Rob_Sandow said:

yahooyahoo said:
If you look at a map of Maplewood the s-curves are contained within the town's borders. Claiming it's South Orange's or the County's jurisdiction is just lazy. They should be able to answer questions about road closures within the Town.

South Orange Avenue is a County Road, and as such is under Essex County jurisdiction. However, both Maplewood and South Orange should be providing information on the closures to their residents on their respective web sites.