Much to the delight of residents in Atlantic City’s Venice Park neighborhood, the Ohio Avenue Bridge over the Venice Lagoon, which has been under reconstruction, has reopened to vehicle and pedestrian traffic ahead of schedule. Reconstruction of “Second Bridge” as it’s known throughout the community began in August 2023, with repair work at the time expected to take up to two years. That repair work consisted of rebuilding the entire bridge, replacing deteriorating timber pile bents with concrete filled steel pipes. Emergency substructure repairs were undertaken in 2021 to stabilize the bridge until replacement. A shared bike lane is also included in the newly constructed bridge, along with sidewalks on each side of the bridge and steel sheet pile bulkheads at the base.

Built in 1969, “Second Bridge” was replaced in stages using a single alternating lane of traffic with temporary traffic signals. At no point during reconstruction was the bridge completely closed. The $6.85 Million to repair the bridge came from American Rescue Plan funds and the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), at no cost to the taxpayers. In November 2022, reconstruction of the Ohio Avenue Bridge over Penrose Canal in Venice Park, known as “First Bridge” in the community, was completed after a year of work.

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