The Courier-News from Bridgewater, New Jersey • Page 18

B-6 Sunday, April 7, 1991 THE COURIER-NEWS TRANSPORTATION xx Traffic hot spots CM nl WAT Guide to Central Jersey Transit train times revised The annual spring adjustment to NJ Transit's rail schedules will occur today. New schedules reflecting the changes. are available at Newark Penn Station, Hoboken Terminal, New York Penn Station, the Atlantic City Rail Terminal and at local train stations where ticket agents are on duty. Minor schedule revisions will occur on most rail lines. Riders are advised to check the new timetables for specific information.

Northeast Corridor Line: Departure times for some morning peak period service will be adjusted by approximately four minutes. Nearly all off-peak trains operating between New York Penn Station and Trenton have been adjusted by about six minutes to accommodate anticipated construction at the Trenton Station this summer. Several early afternoon and evening peak period trains have been adjusted to depart Newark or New York either several minutes earlier or later to accommodate changes implemented by Amtrak. Train No. 3873 will depart New York 10 minutes later at 10:24 p.m.

and will now operate express to Rahway, then make all local stops to Trenton. Monthly and weekly NJ Transit tickets will be honored on Amtrak Train No. 193, the 11:30 p.m. departure from Penn Station New York. Raritan Valley Line: Minor schedule changes have been made to maintain connections at Newark Penn Station as a result of changes to the North Jersey Coast Line and North 1.

BERNARDS 10. READINGTON Road pavlngi A project to Install curbs Crossing closed: All U-turns, left turns and pave a stretch of Mount Airy Road and crossings on Route 202 at Pleasant between Route 202 and West Oak Street Run Road are prohibited. A concrete Is under way. slab has been placed across the opening on Route 202 to block all crossings at the 2. BOUND BROOK Intersection.

Road work: A project to install new 11. ROCKY HILL curbs and repave a stretch of Vosseller Avenue from Talmage Avenue to Route Road work! A project Is under way to 28 is under way. pave Washington Street as well as Install curbs and increase drainage. 3- 12, SAYREVILLE U-turn bam U-turns now made by northbound traffic on Route 202 at Old Lanes closed: Lanes are closed on the York Road have been eliminated for Route 35 bridge over Cheesequake safety reasons. U-turns can be made at Creek between 9 a.m.

and 4 p.m. while it Whiton Road. is repaired. 4. FRANKLIN (Somerset) 13.

TEWKSBURY 7 Sj" jztf jfeHNew York ajSSe Somerville xySn Gj New Pennsylvania Kvcl I Garden Trentortx state Philadelphia Turnpike Parkway transportation projects Bridge closed: A bridge on McCann Mill Road on the Tewksbury-Bedminster border is closed for deck replacement. 14. WESTFIELD Bridge closed: Tuttle Parkway bridge between North and South avenues over the NJ Transit tracks Is closed for replacement. 15. ROUTE 1 Road widening: Lane closings northbound and southbound on a stretch of the highway from Grandview Avenue to the Parkway ramp in Edison, 9 p.m.

to 6 a.m. through Sept. 21 for road widening. 16. ROUTE 22 No turns: No left turns or U-turns will be permitted from Route 22 to Country Club Road.

Westbound traffic can make U-turns at the Grand Commons signal. Eastbound traffic can make U-turns to the westbound lanes of the highway at the Ethicon jughandle. 17. ROUTE 31 Ramp closed: The northbound entrance ramp to Interstate 78 and Route 22 westbound in Clinton Township will be closed from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

tomorrow and Tuesday for sandblasting and painting. 18. INTERSTATE 78 Bridge project: Lane closings on a and 1 43 from Hillside to Clark, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., Monday through Thursday. Lane closings: One southbound lane will be closed between mileposts 142 and 140 In Hillside and Union, 9 a.m.

to 2 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday. Lane closings: One northbound lane will be closed between mileposts 138 and 140 in Union and Clark, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday. Lane closings: Two northbound lanes will be closed between mileposts 126 and 131 in Woodbridge, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Lane closings: Two southbound lanes will be closed between mileposts 130 and 126 In Woodbridge, 6 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday. Lane closings: Three southbound lanes will be closed between mileposts 130 and 126 in Woodbridge, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., Thursday. 22.

NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE Lane closings: Right lane closed northbound on the inner roadway between Interchanges 14 and 15E in Newark, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday and Friday. Lane closings: Center lane continues to be closed northbound on the easterly roadway between Interchanges 15E and 18E in Kearny through 1 a.m. Thursday. Agencies with information on upcoming road projects or motorists with suggestions on roads that need attention should write to: Road Watch, co Metro Desk, The Sunday Courier-News, P.O.

Box 6600, Bridgewater, N.J. 08807-0600, or call Assistant Metro Editor Steven Coleman at 707-3120. Bridge closed: The Ten Mile Run bridge on Canal Road between Butler and Suydam roads is closed. Detour down Butler Road, Vliet Road, South Middlebush Road and Suydam Road. Bridge closed: The Blackwell Mills Road Bridge is closed for repairs.

5. GREEN BROOK Road paving: A project to install new drainage, curbing and to pave a stretch of Warrenville Road oetween Houte a and the Middlesex County line is on hold. 6. HILLSBOROUGH Bridge closed: The Flagtown Road bridge is closed for rehabilitation work. Weight restriction: The load limit allowed on the Flagtown Bridge on South Branch River Road has been reduced from 10 tons to 8 tons.

7. MILFORD Bridge closed: A Bridge Street bridge is closed for repairs. 8. MONTGOMERY Lanes closed: Drainage work will cause sporadic lane closings on Route 601 from Route 206 to Route 518. 9.

PERTH AMBOY Bridge closed: The State Street bridge over Woodbridge Canal is closed indefinitely for replacement. Checking Regular vehicle maintenance is necessary to avoid breakdowns and ensure maximum efficiency of your vehicle. Often times, we tend to overlook certain vehicle parts because they may seldom fail. For instance, cooling systems, like any other function in a vehicle, require frequent attention or you may risk costly breakdown. Although present day antifreeze is labeled "permanent," it can and does lose its potency.

Today's antifreeze is not like it was years ago when its sole purpose was to prevent water in the cooling system from freezing in the winter. Now, when properly mixed with water and kept under pressure, antifreeze protects the cooling system from freezing during winter and conditions. For weekly construction schedules, motorists can call the Port Authority's Tunnels, Bridges and Terminals 24-hour customer information line at 1-800-221-9903. 21. GARDEN STATE PARKWAY Lane closings: One southbound lane will be closed between mileposts 143 and 1 37 from Hillside to Clark, 9 a.m.

to 4 p.m., Monday, Tuesday and Friday. Lane closings: One northbound lane will be closed between mileposts 137 and 143 from Hillside to Clark, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday through Friday. Lane closings: One southbound lane will be closed between mileposts 143 and 137 from Hillside to Clark, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., Monday through Thursday.

Lane closings: One northbound lane will be closed between mileposts 137 allow your you should add a 5050 mixture of antifreeze and water. Ideally, the fluid level should be within two inches of the bottom of the filler neck. If your vehicle is equipped with a coolant recovery tank, when the engine is hot, the level should be near the "full hot" line or when it's cold near the "full cold" line. Check your antifreezecoolant systems regularly, winter and summer, but more frequently in summer. A good time to do this is when the engine oil is being checked or changed.

If you tow a trailer or heavy equipment, check the system more often. Because cooling systems are under great pressure, never check the system while the engine is hot or overheated. Hot steam in the system can coolant regularly will westbound stretch of the interstate from Leigh Street in Clinton to Valley Road in Bridgewater, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.

to 6 a.m., Monday through Friday, and from 7 p.m. Friday through 6 a.m. Monday for sandblasting, cleaning and painting of bridges. 19. INTERSTATE 287 Detour: Traffic will be rerouted at the Interstate 287 and Route 28 interchange in Bridgewater until Oct.

31. The detour is for Route 28 westbound traffic heading onto 1-287 north. One lane will remain open in each direction on the Route 28 bridge over 1-287. 20. PORT AUTHORITY OF N.Y.-N.J.

Note: Motorists are urged to listen to radio traffic reports for updates on travel expectancy but merely restore the system to the proper level. For peak performance, and to lessen the chance for cooling system failure, the system should be inspected, completely flushed and refilled every 18 months or as recommended in the vehicle owner's manual. The ideal mixture is 50 percent ethylene glycol antifreeze and 50 percent clean water. When adding fluid to the system, you shouldn't add pure antifreeze or water alone. Simply adding either can destroy the coolant's potency.

Antifreeze requires water for its fluidity and low freezing point, and the more water you add the more the system is diluted, impairing freeze protection. To properly replenish the system, Meals. car to chill cause severe injury. Similarly, you shouldn't add fluid to a hot engine unless the engine is running or you risk cracking the engine block. Anthony J.

Parenti is chief of police in Fanwood and president of the New Jersey Traffic Officers Association. He is past president of the New Jersey Association of Chiefs of Police. If you have any questions or comments on this column or on any other driving-related topic, write to Drive Time, co The Sunday Courier-News, P.O. Box 6600, 1201 Route 22, Bridgewater, N.J. 08807-0600.

Please include your name, address and telephone number with all letters to receive a reply. east Corridor Line schedules. The 10:19 p.m. departure from Newark to Raritan on weekdays will operate 15 minutes later to maintain its connec lion wun me norm jersey loasi train, which will now depart New York at 10:14 p.m. Morris Essex Lines: About 10 minutes has been added to the sched ule of midday and weekend Glad stone Branch trains to reflect slower operating speeds during a major track rehabilitation project that began March 18.

This schedule will be effective through June 21. On June 22, a new schedule will be implemented that will cover the next phase of track work on the Morristown Line. Passengers traveling from the Ampere Station on the Montclair branch and the Grove Street Station on the Morristown Line are reminded that service to these stations will be discontinued effective today. Turnpike reports its 3rd safest year The New Jersey Turnpike Author ity improved both the toll road and its administrative organization as it con eluded its 39th year of operation. A record total of 197,167,048 vehicles traveled 4,450,386,274 turnpike miles in 1990, the third safest year in turnpike history.

The administrative reorganization is designed to better enable the authority to deal with the challenges of the future. It has consolidated its previous 12 departments into eight and reduced the number of program managers who report directly to the executive director from 12 to five. The main line dualization between Interchange 8A at Jamesburg-Cran bury and Interchange 9 at Route 18 New Brunswick was formally opened to traffic on Oct. 22. On Nov.

11, the new, relocated Interchange 7 at Route 206 Bordentown-Trenton with 12 toll lanes was opened to traffic and the original Interchange 7 closed Completion of the Interchange 8A to 9 widening project extends the pre vious main line dualization south ward by about 10 miles. This dualization provides separate outer and inner roadways in each direction with the inner roadways restricted for use only by automobiles and the outer roadways serving automobile, bus and truck traffic. Routes receive new speed zones The state Department of Transpor tation has proposed revised speed limit zones on Route 202 in Bernards and on Route 12 in Frenchtown Flemington and Kingwood, Franklin- Delaware and Raritan Townships. The department's Bureau of Traf fic Engineering and Safety Programs has conducted a review of current conditions and determined the speed revisions are warranted in the inter est of public safety. Written comments concerning the proposal must be submitted by June 5 to Charles Meyers, administrative practice officer, Bureau of Policy Legislative Analysis, NJ DOT, 1035 Parkway Trenton, N.J.

08625 Airports' flights up slightly in 1990 The New York-New Jersey region's three major airports, John F. Kenne- dy International, Newark Interna tional and LaGuardia, handled nearly 75 million passengers in 1990, slightly more than in 1989, according to a summary of annual airport traffic released by Port Authority Chairman Richard C. Leone. The number of international pas sengers traveling through the three airoorts rose about 3 nercent. to a new record of 22.6 million.

Traffic at all three Port Authority airports was lower than had been anticipated ear ly in the year, primarily as a result of the nation economic slowdown ana heightened tensions in the Middle Chef-Prepared Connoisseurs. DRIVE TIME By Anthony J. Parenti overheating in summer. Additionally, it maintains proper engine temperature for emission control, efficient engine operation and guards against rust and corrosion. Remember, even the best quality antifreeze should be changed periodically to keep your cooling system operating at peak efficiency.

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