11 Jul ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO ANNOUNCES CONSTRUCTION TO REPLACE THE MARION AVENUE CULVERT IN MILLBURN IS UNDERWAY
Published on July 11, 2022
Roseland, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced that work to replace the Marion Avenue Culvert over a tributary of the West Branch of the Rahway River in Millburn was underway. The project is part of the County Executive’s ongoing initiative to modernize infrastructure and enhance safety for pedestrians and motorists.
“Our communities depend on County roads and bridges to get to work, go to school and go about their daily routines. We are aggressively improving and modernizing our infrastructure to make traveling through Essex County as safe and easy as possible,” DiVincenzo said.
“This investment to modernize the culvert will be an asset to the residents of Millburn. I wholeheartedly support projects such as these to make our roads better,” Commissioner Patricia Sebold said.
A recent inspection report concluded the culvert, originally constructed in 1962, needed to be replaced because its condition was deteriorating. The 27-foot-wide culvert carries two lanes of traffic, with one lane of traffic heading in each direction. The new structure will be a three-sided culvert similarly designed like the old one.
This project also includes the replacement of three other culverts: the Freeman Street Culvert over Foulerton’s Brook in Roseland, the Mitchell Street Culvert over the East Branch of the Rahway River in Orange and the Locust Street Culvert over Lloyd Brook in Bloomfield.
French and Parrello was awarded a professional services contract to design the improvements to the four culverts and provide construction inspection services on the project. A publicly bid contract for $2,878,204 was awarded to Grade Construction from Paterson to replace the four culverts. The culvert improvements were funded with a grant from the NJ Department of Transportation Local Aid Program.