RED BANK, NJ – Weather permitting, the eastern Red Bank side of the West Front Street Bridge (S-17) spanning the Swimming River between Middletown and Red Bank is set to be paved this evening.

The bridge will be closed at 9 p.m. on Monday, May 16. The bridge will remain closed for the paving work until 6 a.m. Tuesday, May 17.

The western Middletown side of the bridge was paved last week.

The new bridge is 44-feet wide with two 12-foot travel lanes and four-foot shoulders and six-foot sidewalks in both directions. The new bridge provides approximately nine feet of vertical clearance above mean high water elevation; there will be approximately 72 feet of horizontal clearance within the navigable channel of the Swimming River.

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