Best Highway/Bridge: Design Team Revitalizes New Jersey Bridge
Built in 1949, Route 3 interconnects Routes 17, 21, 46, the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike and Meadowlands Complex as well as access to the Lincoln Tunnel. After a 2005 statewide report found Route 3 to be the most congested freeway in New Jersey and statistics showed an above average amount of accidents on the road from 2002 to 2004, a $178-million redesign of the moveable Route 3 Bridge over the Passaic River was conceived; the project also included several fixed bridges and associated roadway work.
The New Jersey Dept. of Transportation, in conjunction with the Federal Highway Administration, New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection and several other entities, enlisted Dewberry as the lead design firm on the project.