HALEDON BOROUGH
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 11, 2006
The Passaic County Board Of Chosen Freeholders held a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday, August 31st, for the opening of the Belmont Avenue Bridge over Molly Ann's Brook in Haledon.
Road Construction
HALEDON -- The Passaic County Board Of Chosen Freeholders held a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday, August 31st, for the opening of the Belmont Avenue Bridge over Molly Ann's Brook in Haledon.
The original bridge was built in 1900 and reconstructed in 1986 when the deck and superstructure was replaced.
Hurricane Floyd collapsed the bridge on September 17th, 1999 and the road was closed to traffic. A temporary bridge was constructed between November 1999 and January 2001. Belmont Avenue was then re-opened to traffic.
The currnt bridge is a 38-foot simple span bridge constructed of precast concrete beams with a concrete deck. The bridge width is 74.5 feet.
The work started December 2005 and was completed in eight months, two months ahead of schedule. The cost is $2.4 million. The county received 80% of the cost in Federal Emergency Funds from Hurricane Floyd. Boswell Engineering was the designer and H & G Contractors of Ridgewood was the contractor on the project.
The project also included the construction of the last portion of the flood control walls that connect to the bridge along Molly Ann's Brook, both upstream and downstream of the project. These walls were part of the Army Corp of Engineer's Molly Ann's Brook Flood Control project.
The original bridge was built in 1900 and reconstructed in 1986 when the deck and superstructure was replaced.
Hurricane Floyd collapsed the bridge on September 17th, 1999 and the road was closed to traffic. A temporary bridge was constructed between November 1999 and January 2001. Belmont Avenue was then re-opened to traffic.
The currnt bridge is a 38-foot simple span bridge constructed of precast concrete beams with a concrete deck. The bridge width is 74.5 feet.
The work started December 2005 and was completed in eight months, two months ahead of schedule. The cost is $2.4 million. The county received 80% of the cost in Federal Emergency Funds from Hurricane Floyd. Boswell Engineering was the designer and H & G Contractors of Ridgewood was the contractor on the project.
The project also included the construction of the last portion of the flood control walls that connect to the bridge along Molly Ann's Brook, both upstream and downstream of the project. These walls were part of the Army Corp of Engineer's Molly Ann's Brook Flood Control project.
CONTACT:
Dolores Choteborsky
Passaic County Public Information Officer
973-569-5050
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