Cape May County is preparing to reconstruct the 34th Street-Roosevelt Boulevard entryway from the bridge, in background, to West Avenue for flood protection.
Cape May County will begin reconstructing the Roosevelt Boulevard-34th Street entryway into Ocean City on Wednesday night.
The work zone will extend from the 34th Street Bridge to West Avenue.
Traffic will be maintained at all times during construction and businesses will remain accessible. However, travel times will be lengthened through the work zone and motorists should expect delays, according to a news release.
The reconstruction project is expected to extend over the winter and spring months with completion scheduled for the third week of May 2026. The Roosevelt Boulevard-34th Street corridor is being elevated and improved to protect it from flooding.
The initial stage of construction will include demolition of the concrete roadway median just east of the bridge and the construction of temporary paving along a portion of the eastbound lanes just east of the bridge.
The initial construction activities will begin as a night work operation between the hours of 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. On Wednesday and Thursday nights (December 17 and 18), the contractor will be removing the existing raised concrete median just east of the bridge.
The median will be removed, and temporary base paving will be installed in its place, which will accommodate subsequent traffic lane shifts.
During the hours of 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. on both nights, traffic crossing and approaching the easterly side of the bridge will be alternating since the roadway is not wide enough to accommodate the construction activity and both active lanes.
Police will be directing traffic at the easterly bridge approach so that traffic alternates. Delays should be expected. Normal traffic patterns will resume during the day.
On the night of Friday, December 19, approximately 800 linear feet of the existing eastbound lanes will be milled and resurfaced in order to fortify the distressed paving located along the eastbound lanes.
Approximately 300 linear feet of milling and paving will also take place at the easterly approach to Bay Avenue in preparation for a scheduled change of traffic patterns that is needed for the construction activity.
During the temporary paving operations, both directions of traffic will be maintained. However, there will be lane shifts and temporary stoppage of traffic in order to accommodate construction vehicles.
During Friday night’s activities approaching Saturday morning, traffic patterns will be transformed into one single eastbound lane and one single westbound lane, both being located south of the existing road centerline or within the existing eastbound lanes.
The new lanes will be separated by a new double yellow line and traffic drums will be in place to prevent vehicles from occupying the existing westbound lane and shoulder.
The new traffic configuration will remain in place for about two months as the contractor begins the reconstruction of the existing westbound lane and shoulder.
