Here’s what motorists and residents should expect starting Friday night, September 8, 2023:
·8:00 pm – Friday (09/08) – one southbound lane near exit 10 (Nyack, South Nyack, US Route 9W) will be closed, leaving three travel lanes available.
·11:00 pm – Friday (09/08) – three southbound lands near exit 10 will be closed, leaving only one travel lane open. Expect massive traffic delays.
·11:01 pm and later – Friday (09/08) – the entrance ramps to the southbound Thruway at exits 10, 11 (Nyack), 12 (West Nyack, Route 303) and 13 (Palisades Interstate Parkway) will begin to close.
·12:01 am and later – Saturday (09/09) – all southbound lanes will be closed and all traffic will be diverted to exit 12 in West Nyack.
·All day Saturday (09/09) – work will continue on the South Broadway overpass and the highway below followed by cleanup.
·After cleanup, travel lanes will open as soon as safely as possible.
·Travel lanes in the northbound direction will remain open throughout the work; the left lane nearest the work zone will be closed.
·The Town of Orangetown Supervisor Teresa Kenny & Orangetown Police Department have been working with the New York State Thruway Authority, state, county and other local authorities on this operation.
Video by Rockland Photographer Owey Cramsie Jr