New Shuttle Bus Schedule For Manahawkin Bay Bridge

The state Department of Transportation has temporarily changed the shuttle bus service over the Route 72 Manahawkin Bay Bridge provided for pedestrians and bicyclists who need to cross over the bridge.

The free shuttle bus will run from Marsha Drive in Stafford Township, with an eastbound stop at Third Street on Bonnet Island. The bus will then return westbound, with a stop at the public access parking lot on Bay Avenue right after the bridge crossing, then return to the shuttle bus stop at Marsha Drive.

The sidewalk that connects the mainland to Long Beach Island has been closed to bicyclists and pedestrians during the construction of the Route 72 Manahawkin Bay Bridges project. Pedestrian and bicyclists violating the temporary restriction are subject to fines under penalty of law.

The shuttle will run seven days a week while the sidewalk is closed.

The bus shuttle schedule is also posted on the NJDOT project
website.

Work on the $350 million Route 72 Manahawkin Bay Bridge project began in 2013 and is expected to
continue through 2020. The three-mile long causeway links Stafford on the mainland with Ship Bottom on
Long Beach Island, but is structurally deficient and functionally obsolete after 57 years in existence.

Completion of the entire project is scheduled for 2020. The precise timing of the work is subject to change due to weather

For more information on the bridge project, click here.

Photo: New Jersey State Department of Transportation