A CERTIFIED MBE COMPANY

Owner: New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT)

Duration: Aug. 2006 - Sept. 2009

Project Value: $58.8 million

HIGHLIGHTS:

4 miles of multi-duct conduit and 7 miles of fiber optic cable

Demolished a vehicular bridge over Conrail RR

Constructed an enclosed pedestrian bridge supported by drilled shaft piers


It is the 2.5-mile, three-stage reconstruction and widening of Route 1 from Edison and Woodbridge Townships in New Jersey. Ferreira constructed a three-lane, shouldered highway in both directions. The new roadway also contains auxiliary lanes.

The County Route 501 Interchange at Amboy Avenue was reinforced with structural improvements, and the existing Amboy Avenue bridge substructure was widened and replaced—in three stages. Ferreira demolished an abandoned Conrail bridge and replaced it with a modern, fiberglass-enclosed pedestrian arcade with a sky roof. This will also connect a planned greenway and hiking trail that links the municipalities of Perth Amboy and New Brunswick, NJ.

Intersection improvements at Grandview Avenue, Parsonage Road, Lafayette Avenue and Ford Avenue included new ramps, traffic signals and highway lighting. Ferreira also laid four miles of multi-duct conduit and seven miles of fiber optic cable. This work was the lynchpin of the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s Intelligent Transportation System. All of the intersections, remote traffic monitoring sensors and CCTV cameras are now interconnected via the Northern Traffic Operations Center, Elmwood Park, NJ.