NEWJERSEY: NJ DOT and locals spar over the Shark River bridge

Thursday, June 26, 2025

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Jersey Shore official slams NJ over summer-long Shark River Bridge closure
Dan Alexander
Published: June 20, 2025

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🚧 The Shark River Bridge is closed to vehicles and pedestrians

🚧 A County Commissioner says the DOT doesn’t properly maintain the bridge

🚧 The DOT says it spends $1.5 million on preventative maintenance

BELMAR — The New Jersey Department of Transportation is defending its oversight of a Jersey Shore drawbridge that will be out of service all summer, the time when traffic in the area is the busiest.

Monmouth County Commissioner Director Tom Arnone blasted state transportation officials for lackluster maintenance, saying that could have avoided the full closure of the Shark River Bridge, which connects Avon-by-the-Sea and Belmar.

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Why is anyone surprised when Gooferment fails to do its job?

“I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!” Captain Renault in Casablanca

It’s not like the politicians and bureaucrats of the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee don’t know that this bridge is a constant problem.  Why in this day and age do we still have drawbridges?  And especially on critical roadways?

Thanks Governor Murphy; another great success!

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