The New Jersey Turnpike’s Newark Bay Bridge that Gov. Mikie Sherrill wanted downsized is moving toward construction this year — in phases.
The first work on a $6.7 billion replacement of the existing 70-year-old Vincent R. Casciano Memorial Bridge will be construction of two massive timber deck trestles.
New Jersey Turnpike Authority commissioners awarded contracts on March 4 to build a 106,000-square-foot timber deck trestle in Newark and a 177,000-square-foot timber deck trestle in Bayonne to support the future construction of Newark Bay Bridge…