3-Lanes Out: The Week's Bridge Work Affects Thruway and Exit 10

Construction of the New NY Bridge temporary tolling facility in Rockland County will continue this week with the installation of an overhead gantry above the southbound New York State Thruway near Exit 10 in Nyack.

The work will necessitate numerous traffic changes. Here are the details of how the work will affect traffic:

• The work will necessitate triple-lane closures of the southbound Thruway approaching exit 11 and extending just beyond exit 10 (Nyack – South Nyack – US Route 9W) during weekday overnights from Thursday, July 9 through Friday, July 17. Specific lane closure times are listed in a chart here.
• At least one lane will remain open at all times, except during periodic traffic stops lasting up to 10 minutes of all four lanes of the southbound Thruway from exit 11 (Nyack – South Nyack – US Route 9W) to exit 9 (Tarrytown - Sleepy Hollow - US Route 9) during the overnights of Thursday, July 16 and Friday, July 17.
• To ensure the public’s safety, the New York State Police will stop and hold all traffic approaching the area immediately before the traffic stops go into effect.
• Additionally, the exit 10 (Nyack – South Nyack – US Route 9W) on-ramp to the southbound Thruway will be closed from 8 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. during the overnights of Wednesday, July 15; Thursday, July 16 and Friday, July 17. Drivers will be directed to use the on-ramp from Route 59 in Nyack, as shown in the following graphic below. Specific ramp closure times are listed in the chart here.

The gantry being installed in Nyack will carry cameras and other equipment for a temporary all-electronic toll collection (AETC) system that will allow tolls to be collected at normal highway speeds for the TZB (thereby reducing traffic delays, improving safety and cutting air pollution) while the new bridge is under construction.

This week also will see continued installation of foundations for noise barriers along the southbound Thruway between the South Broadway bridge and River Road. The work will involve drilling holes into the soil to install the foundations. After the foundations are installed, concrete panels that form the noise barriers will be installed. The barriers will be treated with sound-absorbing material to further reduce traffic noise to the nearby community.

River Road utility work will continue. The work may require reducing River Road to one lane at times. TZC flag persons will direct traffic as needed and additional signage as well as other safety measures will be in place.