Perry Street is scheduled to be closed and detoured beginning tomorrow between Route 1 and Carroll Street for railroad crossing repairs in Trenton, Mercer County.

Beginning at 7 a.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, July 22, until 7 a.m. Friday, July 25, East State Street will be closed in both directions from Route 1 to Carroll Street to repair the railroad crossing and approaches. The following detours will be in place:

Perry Street eastbound Detour:

• Motorists on Perry Street eastbound will be directed to turn right onto North Stockton Street
• Turn left onto East State Street
• Turn left onto North Clinton Avenue, back to Perry Street

Perry Street westbound Detour:

• Motorists on Lincoln Avenue wishing to continue on Perry Street westbound will be directed to turn left onto North Clinton Avenue
• Turn right onto East State Street
• Turn right onto North Stockton Street, back to Perry Street

In order to provide safer and smoother railroad crossing, the existing crossing will be replaced with new concrete crossings and asphalt approaches. This federally funded project is included within NJDOT’s railroad grade-crossing safety program which repairs, upgrades, or removes approximately 50 crossings each year, statewide.

The precise timing of the work is subject to change due to weather or other factors. Motorists are encouraged to check NJDOT's traffic information website www.511nj.org for real-time travel information. For NJDOT news follow us on X (Twitter) @NewJerseyDOT, on the NJDOT Facebook page, or Instagram @NewJersey.DOT.