Route 35

The state Transportation Department is reversing gears on its ambitious plan to rebuild a road that was ravaged by Superstorm Sandy.

Construction on the 12.5 mile stretch of Route 35 through Ocean County will be done with every effort to not inconvenience drivers too much.  But Joe Dee, spokesman for the New Jersey Department of Transportation reminds drivers this won't be a "normal summer."

Tossed around like a rag doll during the superstorm, Route 35 is in line for a complete overhaul.

The main north-south route that connects Ocean County's Northern Barrier Island communities is re-opening through the Sandy-ravaged borough of Mantoloking today. But stiff restrictions will be in place.

When Superstorm Sandy devastated the Ocean County barrier island community of Mantoloking last October, it did more than destroy scores of homes and cut the community in two with a new inlet. It also knocked out a major north-south highway critical for the coastal region.