Rehabilitation Winant Avenue Bridge

route 46 enters bergen county @ passaic river , after converging several other roads ends midppint of gwb on hudson river

once important commercial waterway within port of new york , new jersey, hackensack river tidally influenced , channelized middle reaches , considered partially navigable commercial marine traffic. route 46 major thoroughfare across northern new jersey, ending @ midpoint of george washington bridge (gwb). traffic on hackensack river bridge , in vicinity has long been reputed precarious, regular requests guard rails installed. in 2009, njdot announced $21 million rehabilitation project. repairs address structural deficiencies , expected extend useful life of bridge ten years, though remain functionally obsolete since roadway has no shoulders. not diminish function movable bridge or historic status of structure. while funding project has been identified of december 2011 work had not begun, though @ little ferry circle underway. work scheduled begin in fall 2013. construction on bridge began in june 2014 , expected take 18 months. $33.8 million project rehabilitate bridge deemed structurally deficient, turn little ferry circle conventional four-way intersection , install new drainage system , pump station reduce flooding in area.