Rifle Camp Road and ramp from Route 46 westbound to be closed and detoured this weekend

Lackawanna Avenue and Rifle Camp Road traffic to be shifted

(Trenton) -New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials today announced Rifle Camp Road and the ramp from Route 46 westbound and Notch Road to the intersection with Rifle Camp Road will be closed and detoured this weekend, as the Route 3/Route 46 Improvement Project advances in Woodland Park, Passaic County.

Beginning at 9 p.m. tonight, Friday, May 17, until 3 p.m. Saturday, May 18, NJDOT’s contractor J.F. Creamer & Sanzari, is scheduled to close and detour Rifle Camp Road between Notch Road and Overmount Avenue, and close the Route 46 westbound ramp to Notch Road to allow for excavation and paving on Rifle Camp Road and to implement a traffic shift.

Currently, one lane of traffic in each direction is utilizing the eastbound side of the Rifle Camp road. When work is completed on Saturday, one lane of traffic in each direction will be shifted to the newly reconstructed westbound side of the road to allow work on the eastbound side.

In addition, Lackawanna Avenue, which currently has one lane of northbound traffic utilizing the left side of the road from Notch Road to Lower Notch Road, will be shifted to the right to create a work zone on the left side. The following signed detours will be in place.

Rifle Camp Road to Route 46 eastbound detour:

• Motorists on Rifle Camp Road southbound will be directed to turn right on Overmount Avenue
• Turn left on Mount Pleasant Avenue
• Turn left on Browertown Road
• Turn left on Lackawanna Avenue
• Turn right on Lower Notch Road
• Turn right to take the ramp onto Route 46 westbound

Route 46 eastbound to Rifle Camp Road northbound detour:

• Motorists on Route 46 eastbound will be directed to take the exit for Notch Road
• Turn left on Notch Road
• Turn left on Lackawanna Avenue
• Turn right on Browertown Road
• Turn right on Mount Pleasant Avenue
• Turn right on Overmount Avenue
• Turn left on Rifle Camp Road northbound

Route 46 westbound to Rifle Camp Road northbound detour:

• Motorists on Route 46 westbound will be directed to take the exit for Browertown Road
• Turn left on Browertown Road
• Turn right on Mount Pleasant Avenue
• Turn right on Overmount Avenue
• Turn left on Rifle Camp Road northbound

The $40.8 million federally-funded Contract A portion of the Route 3, Route 46, Valley Road and Notch/Rifle Camp Road Interchange Improvements project, which started construction in January 2016, includes the construction of a new two-way service road, three signalized intersections, and two single-lane roundabouts parallel to Route 46 westbound to remove local traffic from the state highway. The project is being accomplished with two contracts, and is expected to be completed in fall 2022.

Variable message signs are being utilized throughout the project limits to provide advance notification to motorists of all traffic pattern changes associated with the interchange improvements project. Throughout the project, NJDOT will provide information on upcoming road or ramp closures.

The precise timing of the work is subject to change due to weather or other factors. Motorists are encouraged to check NJDOT's traffic information website www.511nj.org for real-time travel information and for NJDOT news follow us on Twitter @NJDOT_info or on the NJDOT Facebook page.

Please note, the NJDOT Communications office has a new phone number – 609.963.1975