Preliminary Engineering for the East Anderson Street/Cedar Lane Bridge Replacement in the City of Hackensack and Township of Teaneck, Bergen County, New Jersey

The County of Bergen, through a federally funded Local Capital Project Delivery (LCPD) Program administered by North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA), has, in close cooperation with New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Local Aid District 2, undertaken the East Anderson Street/Cedar Lane Bridge (State Structure No. 020023A/County Structure No. 23A) bridge replacement project to address critical structural deficiencies, geometric and operational deficiencies, to better accommodate all modes of transportation, walking, bicycling, public transit and to provide ADA compliant pedestrian facilities. The intent of this project is to replace the existing structure to support current AASHTO’s HL-93 Truck model and reopen 4 lanes of through traffic within the project limits of this important multimodal link between Hackensack and Teaneck along CR 60 (see page 10 Location Map) through bridge replacement, improvements to current roadway geometry and intersection approach configurations, and the elimination of substandard roadway elements. The Local Concept Development (LCD) phase of the LCPD Program for the East Anderson Street/Cedar Lane Bridge replacement project has been recently completed and the project has been approved to advance to the Local Preliminary Engineering (LPE) phase. Bergen County, in cooperation with the NJTPA and NJDOT, is requesting the services of a consulting engineering firm. The consultant is to provide preliminary engineering and environmental services for the replacement of the East Anderson Street/Cedar Lane Bridge and improvements to CR 60 roadway corridor between River Street, Hackensack and River Road, Teaneck. County Bridge 23A lies immediately east of the intersection on River Street and spans the Hackensack River. East Anderson Street/Cedar Lane is an east/west Urban Minor Arterial designated as County Route 60by Bergen County and according to the NJDOT 2015 Straight line Diagram, see page 11. The project limits along East Anderson Street/Cedar Lane are from the west terminus Mile Post (MP) 0.25 to the east terminus (MP) 0.62, from the intersection with River Street (CR503) to the intersection with of River Road. The preliminary engineering plans and environmental documentation for the proposed improvements must be developed based on the Preliminary Preferred Alternative (PPA) selected in the LCD phase to best meet the project purpose and need statement. The PPA is described in the LCD Report, dated June, 2020 (page 33). The project will include the replacement of East Anderson Street/Cedar Lane Bridge and roadway improvements along CR 60 between River Street, Hackensack and River Road, Teaneck. The Project goal is to address structural and geometric deficiencies of the East Anderson Street/Cedar Lane Bridge over the Hackensack River and to provide safe, efficient and reliable passage for all modes of transportation as outlined in the LCD report. The existing roadway is two lanes in each direction with the exception of a left–turn only lane and right-turn only lane onto River Street and a left-turn only lane onto River Road. The East Anderson Street/Cedar Lane Bridge (020023A) is a 6-span concrete prestressed box beam bridge, constructed in 1971. The structure is 304’ long by 74’ wide with four-12’ lanes, 5’ concrete sidewalks along both sides and 1’ inner and outer shoulders supported on reinforced concrete pier caps and concrete filled steel pipe piles. The existing bridge is in overall critical condition and is structurally deficient and functionally obsolete due to geometry. In 2012 due to structural deficiencies, a weight restriction was instituted, barring trucks, buses, and other vehicles over 15 tons from crossing the span. The two outer lanes of the bridge were also closed at that time and still remain closed.