Route 35

Avoid using Route 35 to get to and from the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Seaside Heights this Saturday.

Avoid using Route 35 to get to and from the Saint Patrick's Day Parade in Seaside Heights this Saturday.

With a St. Patrick's Day parade set for Saturday, Ocean County motorists are worried about a potential sequel to the recent major gridlock on Route 35, and local officials are working feverishly to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Could last weekend's massive traffic jam on Route 35 be a sign of what's to come this summer? Officials are hoping it was just an isolated incident.

The rough winter weather has slowed the Route 35 reconstruction project. Shore area officials are hoping it will be done in time for the summer, but many think that's unlikely considering the snow, ice and rain.

Work has started on the Route 35 reconstruction project, and while some business owners have voiced concerns, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) is putting their fears to rest.

More than eight months after Superstorm Sandy, work is about to begin to rebuild a road that's described as the gateway to the Jersey Shore - Route 35.

This past Saturday, I took a drive down Route 35 from Brick to Seaside Heights. While I'm saddened by the degree of lingering damage, I was surprised by how many cars were pulling over to stop and take pictures.

An unwanted hassle during your next trip to the shore is being removed.

Stronger, better, faster ... reminiscent of words we heard in the 70s during the likes of the Six Million Dollar Man TV series but this time we're talking about a roadway with a multi-million dollar reconstruction project that has engineers taking into consideration its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean.