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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel Alert

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement activity is scheduled, weather permitting, for shorter hours this week, with alerts about girder deliveries and traffic alternating.

The work will continue through Friday from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.. During work hours and beyond, Monmouth County officials advise …

Drivers should allow for extra travel time, due to girder deliveries and associated alternating traffic on the Rumson side. This means …

  • On Monday, bridge girder deliveries are expected in Rumson.
  • From Tuesday through Friday, there will be alternating traffic on Rumson Road due to curb, sidewalk and driveway apron installation.
  • Police will assist flaggers with traffic control.

An awareness of construction and delivery vehicles should be maintained. This means …

  • All roadway and sidewalk travelers should be aware of construction and delivery vehicles entering and exiting the work areas on both sides of Rumson Road in Rumson and on the southbound side of Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright.
  • Temporary delays are possible on any contractor work day due to movement of construction vehicles and equipment.

An awareness of work activity continuing in the Shrewsbury River should be maintained. This means …

  • Bridge replacement work activity continues on both sides of the Shrewsbury River south of the bridge.
  • Please note the channel closure dates have changed. See Recent News for an update on future changes to channel access.

— Photos/Doug Borden

— Featured photo/Elaine Van Develde

Local Life

Focus: Throwing Sunny Shade on River Time

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There’s nothing like a crisp, bright fall day down by the river. It’s nothing to throw shade on, unless, of course, an umbrella or several are involved at an iconic spot along the Navesink.

That spot would be Barnacle Bill’s in Rumson. The shade? Well, when the fiery sunshine sears that fuzzy warmth into your soul, the umbrella that shades takes the glare away, calling the view into vivid focus. Call it falling for the same old, yet always new, scene. The river time scene.

River time. It’s time forever well-spent — sunny side always up under the umbrella of a day completed down by the river.

Take a look and feel the fall riverside sunshine in your soul. (Click on one pic to enlarge and scroll. Enjoy!)

The sun is set to shine bright for the rest of the week, bringing another little waft of locals’ summer. Here’s the Rumson-Fair Haven area forecast through the weekend from the National Weather Service …

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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel Alert

This week’s Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement construction activity will continue, weather permitting, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. More girder deliveries and curb installation is planned for most of the week.

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Retro Joyous Fall for the Leaf Pile

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Sometimes a kid just has to take the plunge and fall for it!

Plunging into a big pile of leaves was always a simple fall pleasure for kids. Untethered to phones and TVs, Fair Haven kids of the 1960s resorted to the great outdoors in a small town. Sometimes they took it to the streets with marathon games of dodgeball, one taking the traffic alert commander position with a “CAR!!” shout now and then and a clear-out of the ball court. Nevermore. There might be a helicopter parent police alert if kids did that nowadays. Ahem.

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