UPDATED: Sunrise Highway Shoulder Being Used for Westbound Traffic; Police Stationed on Montauk Highway to Bypass Traffic Light

Heavy rain caused erosion of the soil behind the abutments that support the westbond lanes of Sunrise Highway on Thursday night. The New York State Department of Transportation have ordered both westboujnd lanes closed to traffic and are allowing only a limited amount of cars to flow west using the road's shoulder. SOUTHAMPTON TOWN POLICE

Heavy rainfall on Thursday night caused severe erosion beneath the westbound lanes of Sunrise Highway at the Shinnecock Canal, forcing the state Department of Transportation to close the roadway. Only very limited number of cars are being allowed to flow west on the highway using the road's shoulder. SOUTHAMPTON TOWN

Heavy rainfall on Thursday night caused severe erosion beneath the westbound lanes of Sunrise Highway at the Shinnecock Canal, forcing the state Department of Transportation to close the roadway. Only very limited number of cars are being allowed to flow west on the highway using the road's shoulder. SOUTHAMPTON TOWN

Heavy rainfall on Thursday night caused severe erosion beneath the westbound lanes of Sunrise Highway at the Shinnecock Canal, forcing the state Department of Transportation to close the roadway. Only very limited number of cars are being allowed to flow west on the highway using the road's shoulder. SOUTHAMPTON TOWN

Heavy rainfall on Thursday night caused severe erosion beneath the westbound lanes of Sunrise Highway at the Shinnecock Canal, forcing the state Department of Transportation to close the roadway. Only very limited number of cars are being allowed to flow west on the highway using the road's shoulder. DANA SHAW

Heavy rainfall on Thursday night caused severe erosion beneath the westbound lanes of Sunrise Highway at the Shinnecock Canal, forcing the state Department of Transportation to close the roadway. Only very limited number of cars are being allowed to flow west on the highway using the road's shoulder. DANA SHAW

Heavy rainfall on Thursday night caused severe erosion beneath the westbound lanes of Sunrise Highway at the Shinnecock Canal, forcing the state Department of Transportation to close the roadway. Only very limited number of cars are being allowed to flow west on the highway using the road's shoulder. DANA SHAW

Heavy rainfall on Thursday night caused severe erosion beneath the westbound lanes of Sunrise Highway at the Shinnecock Canal, forcing the state Department of Transportation to close the roadway. Only very limited number of cars are being allowed to flow west on the highway using the road's shoulder. DANA SHAW

Heavy rainfall on Thursday night caused severe erosion beneath the westbound lanes of Sunrise Highway at the Shinnecock Canal, forcing the state Department of Transportation to close the roadway. Only very limited number of cars are being allowed to flow west on the highway using the road's shoulder. DANA SHAW

Traffic on the western end of County Road 39 was already starting to back up at 2 p.m. because of the lane closures on Sunrise Highway in Hampton Bays. MICHAEL WRIGHT