For Immediate Release: January 3, 2024
Route 70 westbound single lane closure Friday night
to shift traffic in Cherry Hill, Camden County
Ten side streets to be closed and detoured
(Trenton) – Route 70 westbound is scheduled to have lane closures on Friday night between Kings Highway/Route 41 and Garden State Boulevard. In addition, several side streets within the project limits will be closed and detoured for an extended period of time.
Beginning at 11 p.m. Friday, January 5, until 6 a.m. Saturday, January 6, a single lane on Route 70 eastbound is scheduled to be closed just before Kings Highway/Route 41 until just before Garden State Boulevard. Construction is expected to begin in the left lane and move to the right as work progresses. At least one lane of traffic will be maintained overnight.
In addition, at 11 p.m. Friday, January 5, ten side streets intersecting with Route 70 westbound between Kings Highway/Route 41 and Garden State Boulevard will be closed and detoured until summer 2024. Motorists are advised to follow the signed detours. The following streets will be affected:
- Maine Avenue
- Vermont Avenue
- New Hampshire Avenue
- Rhode Island Avenue
- Massachusetts Avenue
- Connecticut Avenue
- Virginia Avenue
- Warren Avenue
- Chambers Avenue
- Mercer Street
By 6 a.m. Saturday, traffic on Route 70 westbound will be shifted to the left onto the temporary roadway in the median to create a work zone in the right lane and shoulder. The traffic shift and street closures are necessary to install a watermain and reconstruct the right lane and shoulder on Route 70 westbound. This traffic pattern is expected to remain in place until summer 2024. Motorists are advised to slow down, use caution and expect delays or plan an alternate route.
The work is part of a $153 million state-funded Route 70 corridor safety and improvement project that will improve gas and watermains, upgrade traffic signals at 27 intersections, replace or install four Dynamic Message Signs, improve drainage, sidewalks, and resurface approximately 9 miles of Route 70 between Route 38 in Cherry Hill and Cooper Avenue in Evesham. In addition to milling and paving Route 70, the North Maple Avenue loop ramps and the Route 70/Route 73 interchange ramps will be repaved as well. The project is expected to be completed by winter 2026.
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 construction updates and real-time travel information and for NJDOT news follow us on X (Twitter) @NewJerseyDOT and our Facebook page.
If you have any questions, please contact Kimberly Nance, Regional Coordinator for NJDOT-Office of Community and Constituent Relations at (609) 963-1982.
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