3 New England Thruway Overpasses Now Closed Until Fall

HARRISON, NY — After a brief reprieve, the West Street Bridge over I-95 will join neighboring overpasses and be closed to traffic until September.

Work on the West Street Bridge over the New England Thruway has already started and the roadway is now officially shut down in both directions. The nearby Old White Plains Road and Boston Post Road bridges closed to cars earlier in July.

The bridges are being raised to a 14'6" vertical clearance that meets modern standards. The current clearance of the overpasses is 14'3" in height.

Additional work includes pavement resurfacing and other safety improvements on I-95 at milepost 8.8 (just before exit 18A) to milepost 10.8 northbound (just after exit 18B) and on I-95 from milepost 13.0 (just after exit 19) to milepost 14.1 (just before exit 22) northbound and southbound.

The Thruway Authority says the major construction project was designed to comply with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's "Drivers First Initiative" to ensure construction will have the least possible impact on motorists. The initiative prevented the project from getting underway until after the Independence Day holiday weekend.

Motorists may encounter lane closures on the Thruway along with traffic shifts and stoppages while construction is underway. Surface roads near the closed bridge are also expected to see congestion and delays.