North Road in Hampton Bays will be closed to vehicular traffic from Friday, January 4, through the end of February due to ongoing work on the Long Island Rail Road overpass, according to the Southampton Town Transportation Department.
The pending closure will mark the third time in the past year that reconstruction work on the Shinnecock Canal train bridge has forced the closure of North Road to all traffic, rerouting vehicles and buses a mile east to a detour on Peconic Road.
The work is part of a $26.2 million project undertaken by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority at the start of last year to repair the North Road train overpass, as well as the Montauk Highway and Shinnecock Canal overpasses. North Road, which connects Montauk and Sunrise highways, first closed in January... more
The pending closure will mark the third time in the past year that reconstruction work on the Shinnecock Canal train bridge has forced the closure of North Road to all traffic, rerouting vehicles and buses a mile east to a detour on Peconic Road.
The work is part of a $26.2 million project undertaken by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority at the start of last year to repair the North Road train overpass, as well as the Montauk Highway and Shinnecock Canal overpasses. North Road, which connects Montauk and Sunrise highways, first closed in January... more



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