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BELLMAWR -  A lane of I-295 will close here for two days to accommodate an investigation into the collapse of a retaining wall, officials said Wednesday. The right lane of the northbound highway will close between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, April 29-30, according to the state Department of Transportation. The lane closing will begin in  an area just past the Creek Road overpass before Exit 26 where the highway splits for I-76 toward Philadelphia/I-295 toward Trenton. It will continue through the tunnel, the DOT said. "The closure is necessary for continued excavation work ...

The Direct Connection road project, designed to ease congestion at the intersection of I-295, I-76 and Route 42, could now be delayed further by the wall collapse. It was already one of the longest and most expensive road-building projects in New Jersey, and it just got longer and even more costly. The Direct Connection project, designed to smooth traffic flows on I-295 at Bellmawr in Camden County, hit a major tie-up in late March with the collapse of a new retaining wall on the northbound side of the highway. That collapse forced one lane to close while repairs are made, and leading the Dep...

Highway lane reopens at site of I-295 retaining wall collapse Updated Apr 21, 2021; The right lane that has been closed since the partial collapse of a retaining wall on I-295 last month reopened Wednesday morning as the excavation work and investigation into why it failed continues in Bellmawr, New Jersey transportation officials said. As promised by Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, the DOT also hired a forensic engineer to investigate the cause of the retaining wall collapse. She made the commitment during a public meeting arranged by District 5 legislators on April 7...

BELLMAWR - Traffic is rolling again on a highway lane that was closed here last month after the collapse of a retaining wall. The right-hand lane of northbound Interstate 295 between Essex Avenue and the area of Browning Road was scheduled to reopen Wednesday morning, said the state Department of Transportation. The lane was closed March 25 after a retaining wall shifted next to a segment of 295 that was under construction as part of the Direct Connection project. The affected roadway had not yet opened to traffic, according to the DOT. But the lane's shutdown, which was taken as a safety mea...

The hour-long session was organized by state legislators for the Bellmawr area. Assemblyman Bill Moen noted the collapse occurred in an area that's part of the Direct Connection, a $900 million, multi-year highway-building program. He called the Direct Connection "one of the largest infrastructure projects that our region and the state have witnessed, both in cost and duration." "So we felt that our region needed a full accounting of what took place and where we go from here," said Moen, who hosted the meeting with state Senator Nilsa Cruz Perez and Assemblyman William Spearman. The Direct...