The City Department of Transportation this week kicked off its previously announced project to replace the upper deck of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge. The construction will require long-term lane reductions on the upper roadway.
Work on the 113-year-old span began in earnest Monday morning when DOT staff implemented lane closures on the upper roadway’s Manhattan-bound side. This will continue six days a week—excluding Sundays—until further notice.
One Manhattan-bound lane will be closed 24 hours a day. The second Manhattan-bound lane will be closed during off-peak hours: 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. during the day, and from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. overnight.
On Friday nights, the second Manhattan-bound lane closure will extend into Saturday afternoons, from 8 p.m. on Fridays to 2 p.m. on Saturdays.
During off-peak closures, the DOT will redirect upper-roadway traffic to the two current Queens-bound lanes, with one lane serving Manhattan-bound traffic and the other maintained for Queens-bound traffic.
Motorists are strongly encouraged to take mass transit or seek alternate routes for the duration of the critical infrastructure project, DOT officials said.
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