Route 37 Bridge to Seaside Heights Is Now Reopened

The Thomas A. Mathis and J. Stanley Tunney Bridges. (Photo: Daniel Nee)

Update 3:52 p.m. Thursday: OFFICIALS HAVE ANNOUNCED THE BRIDGE HAS REOPENED.

Update 3:40 p.m. Thursday: The Thomas A. Mathis Bridge, which carries Route 37 over Barnegat Bay eastbound to Seaside Heights and the barrier island, is closed, officials said.

An alert from the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department said the bridge would be closed “until further notice” and that delays were expected.

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The exact nature of the reasoning behind the closure was not divulged.