MILLVILLE — Traffic on the Route 49 bridge over the Maurice River will shift in both directions beginning Thursday night and continuing for the next several months as a bridge replacement project advances, the state Department of Transportation said. Detours for side streets near the bridge are scheduled to be in place through the spring.

Beginning at 9 p.m., traffic on Route 49 will be shifted in both directions between City Park Drive and Buck Street/Ware Avenue, the DOT said Wednesday in a news release. Eastbound traffic will be shifted onto the right shoulder, and westbound traffic will be shifted into the eastbound travel lane.

The traffic shifts will allow workers to demolish and reconstruct the Route 49 westbound bridge deck and girders, as well as make concrete repairs to the sub

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