Tag Archives: Shrewsbury River

Retro Rumson Island Ploppers

A reprise of a real classic because it’s summertime and that means it’s island cruising time in the Rumson-Fair Haven area …

It’s a case of summer island plopping. Yes, that’s right. Island plopping.

That would be the more accurate term when telling the pretty common story of some Fair Haven and Rumson kids taking their own eight-hour tour of the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers and ending up settling down for some adventure on Starvation Island in Rumson on pretty much any summer day.

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Cooking Up ’50s-Style Fun on Starvation Island

It’s all fun and island-hopping games until they have to start a fire.

Yes, there comes a time when summer Rumson island-hopping coolness sets in, parents rang the unheard dinner bell and a bunch of hungry, wayward, marooned kids try to cook that fish they caught and toast their own little buns.

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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Travel & Construction Advisory

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement work is on its status quo schedule this week, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday Aug. 1, weather permitting. Specific construction scheduled for the week are listed below the travel advisory information.

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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Construction & Travel Advisory

The summer’s Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement construction is on a status quo schedule again. Work is scheduled for the usual 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday, weather permitting. Specific construction activities scheduled for the week are listed below the travel advisory information.

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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel & Construction Advisory

In light of the upcoming Fourth of July holiday, the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Bridge replacement activity schedule has been altered. Work will continue during the usual 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. hours on different days this week, weather permitting:

  • Saturday, June 28
  • Monday, June 30 through Thursday, July 3
  • Monday, July 7

Specific construction activities planned for the week are listed below the travel advisory information.

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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel, Construction Advisory

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement activity is on its status quo construction hours schedule, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., through Sunday, May 18, weather permitting. The precise construction that is scheduled is listed below. Shrewsbury River travel advisory information is also included. 

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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel, Construction Advisory

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement activity is on its status quo construction hours schedule, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with expanded work days through Sunday, May 11, weather permitting. The precise construction that is scheduled is listed below. Shrewsbury River travel advisory information is also included. 

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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel Advisory

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement construction activity remains status quo with some new alerts and construction work scheduled from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for through Saturday this week, weather permitting.

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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel Advisory

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement construction activity remains status quo this week, with work scheduled from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for through Friday, weather permitting.

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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel Advisory

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement construction activity remains status quo this week, with work scheduled from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for through Friday, weather permitting.

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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel Advisory

The Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement construction activity schedule remains status quo this week with work continuing daily from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday, weather permitting, and a roadway travel delay alert. Improvements to areas surrounding the bridge, such as West Park, are underway.

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