Weekly Traffic Advisory

Saturday August 18, 2018 to Friday August 24, 2018

This traffic alert details road construction and other events that will affect the flow of traffic this week. Check the Weekend Traffic Advisory Check the Special Traffic Advisory

Lane closings may also occur due to circumstances beyond DOT's control. Schedules are subject to change due to inclement weather, security alerts and other emergencies. For up-to-the-minute information, visit 511NY, New York State's official traffic and travel information source. Visit the Office of Emergency Management and NYPD for emergency street closure updates. DOT also issues supplementary Weekend Traffic Advisories and Special Alerts. Subscribe to traffic advisory email updates Visit the NYC Street Closures Map

Other state and local agencies are responsible for street construction work in New York City. Visit the Department of Design and Construction, the New York State Department of Transportation, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and MTA for more construction and traffic information.
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Permits for parades, block parties, major street fairs and other public street events are not issued by DOT, and are listed on the Citywide events calendar.

East River Bridge and Tunnel Crossings
Harlem River Bridge Crossings
Hudson River Bridge and Tunnel Crossings
Staten Island / New Jersey Crossings
Staten Island / Brooklyn Crossings
Staten Island
Bronx
Bronx/Manhattan

Brooklyn
Brooklyn/Queens
Manhattan
Manhattan/Brooklyn
Manhattan/Bronx
Manhattan/New Jersey
Manhattan/Queens
Queens

Bold text indicates updated information.

The City of New York's Department of Transportation issued a traffic alert for this week providing the locations of road construction and events where lane and street closings will affect the flow of traffic. Lane closings may also occur due to circumstances beyond our control. Major road, lane and street closings for the coming week are as follows:

East River Bridge Crossings

Williamsburg Bridge

There are four lanes of traffic in each direction on the bridge. Trucks are allowed on the outer roadways only. A single lane in each direction may be closed off peak hours as needed to facilitate NYCDOT bridge inspection and maintenance work.

Ed Koch/Queensboro Bridge

The North Inner Lower Roadway is Manhattan-bound with access from Queens Plaza North to Second Avenue and East 60th Street. The South Inner Lower roadway is Queens-bound with access from 2nd Avenue to Queens Plaza South. Trucks are allowed on the lower inner roadways only. Trucks are prohibited from the upper and outer roadways. The North Upper Roadway is Manhattan-bound at all times. Access is to East 62nd Street/East 63rd Street in Manhattan from Thomson Avenue, 21st Street at Queens Plaza North, and 11th Street at Queens Plaza South in Queens. The South Upper Roadway is Queens-bound except Monday to Friday from 6 am to 10 am when the roadway is reversed and accommodates the Manhattan bound high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane containing two or more people. Access is to East 58th Street/East 57th Street in Manhattan from Thomson Avenue or 21st Street at 43rd Avenue in Queens. The South Outer Roadway of the lower level is open to passenger cars only with access from westbound 59th Street off of 1st Avenue to Queens Plaza South (except 9 pm-6 am nightly when roadway is closed to traffic). One lane at a time in either direction will be closed on the lower roadway through Saturday September 29, 2018 between the hours of 12:01 am and 5 am to facilitate NYCDOT Bridges maintenance work. One of two lanes on the westbound (Manhattan-bound) lower roadway will be closed from 10 pm to 5 am (the following morning), and one of two lanes on the eastbound (Queens-bound) lower roadway will be closed from 11 pm to 5:30 am (the following morning), through August 25, 2018, to facilitate NYCDOT Bridges surveys. Closures ending on Saturday mornings will conclude at 7 am. One of two lanes on the eastbound (Queens-bound) Lower Inner roadway will be closed Saturday from 1 am to 7 am, and Monday night to Friday morning from 11 pm to 5:30 am, to facilitate NYCDOT Bridges deck replacement work.

Manhattan Bridge

There are five lanes westbound and two lanes eastbound. No trucks are permitted on the North Upper westbound roadway from 5 am to 10 am Monday to Friday. One of three lanes on the westbound (Manhattan-bound) Lower Roadway will be closed from 12:01 am to 5 am through Saturday September 29, 2018 to facilitate NYCDOT Bridge maintenance. One of two lanes in either direction on the Upper Roadways will be closed Tuesday August 21, 2018 from 10 am to 3 pm to facilitate NYCDOT Bridges maintenance. At least one lane of traffic will be maintained at all times.