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2017 County Transportation Project Tour

Release Date: April 11, 2017
On April 11 three Freeholders toured six county bridges under, or planned for replacement.

2017 County Transportation Project Tour

The Department of Engineering and Planning is responsible for 447 bridges and 310 miles of roads throughout Sussex County. On April 11 three Freeholders joined staff from the department to tour fourteen active and planned construction sites, stopping at six bridges.

Inside the bus
Sussex County Skylands Ride provided the transportation for the 2017 tour

Bridge C-17, Roseville Road, Andover
Bridge C-17, Byram, carries Roseville Road over the Lackawanna cutoff. The original bridge was built in 1911.

Bridge C-17, Roseville Road, Andover
At Bridge C-17, Assistant County Engineer Matt Sinke explains the project.

At Bridge C-17, Roseville Road, Andover
At bridge C-17 - Freeholders Crabb, Rose, Lazzaro with Rick Grossman, lead construction inspector and acting County Administrator Ron Tappan.

Bridge O-07, Ogdensburg
Bridge O-07, Ogdensburg, carries Passaic Street over the Wallkill River. The original bridge was built in 1928.

Bridge O-07, Ogdensburg
At Bridge O-07, County Engineer Bill Koppenaal, center, describes the project.

Bridge X-09, Wantage
Bridge X-09, Wantage, carries County Route 565, aka Compton Road, over the Papakating Creek. The original bridge was built in 1929.

Bridge D-21, Frankford
Bridge D-21, Frankford, carries Armstrong Road over a branch of the Papakating Creek.

Bridge L-10, Lafayette
Bridge L-10, Lafayette, carries Decker Road over a branch of the Paulins Kill. Freeholder Lazzaro inspects deterioration of bridge L-10.

Bridge L-10, Lafayette
At Bridge L-10 - L-R Freeholder Crabb, Assistant County Engineer Matt Sinke, County Engineer Bill Koppenaal, Freeholder Rose.

Freeholders Rose, Crabb and Lazzaro
Freeholders Rose, Crabb and Lazzaro on tour.