The New Jersey Department of Transportation is letting a contract on Route 80, running from County Road 631 to Green Pond Road/Hibernia Avenue (County Road 513), with bids opening November 5.

This is Contract No. 029223780, listed under DP26601, and it crosses five jurisdictions: the Borough of Mount Arlington, the Borough of Wharton, the Township of Roxbury, the Township of Rockaway, and the Borough of Rockaway, all in Morris County, New Jersey. No trade classification or dollar estimate is given in the posting.

Here's the thing every NYC-based contractor needs to know before even looking at this one: it's a New Jersey job, let by the New Jersey DOT, not anything in New York City or State. If you want to bid it, you need to be prequalified with NJDOT — that's a separate system from anything you'd use on a city or state job here, and it takes time to get squared away if you're not already in it. You'll also need to check NJDOT's bonding requirements, which have their own thresholds and paperwork.

Why bother mentioning a Jersey letting on a New York bid board at all? Because plenty of regional heavy-highway contractors work both sides of the river, and a multi-town road contract like this is the kind of job that can fill a slow quarter if your firm already carries NJDOT prequalification. If you don't have it yet and this job interests you, the November 5 letting date is tight — start the prequalification check now, not after you've built your number.

On the record: Route 80, CR 631 to Green Pond Road/Hibernia Avenue (CR 513), C#2, Contract No. 029223780, Borough of Mount Arlington, Borough of Wharton, Township of Roxbury, Township of Rockaway, Borough of Rockaway, Morris County, issued by New Jersey Department of Transportation. Solicitation DP26601. Bids are due November 5, 2026 (Letting (bid opening) scheduled for 11/05/26.). The listing on NJDOT: https://dot.nj.gov/transportation/contribute/business/procurement/ConstrServ/documents/NOTICETOCONTRACTORS_DP26601.pdf. Full record on The RFI Wire's board: https://therfiwire.com/rfi/RFI-003407.html.