If you use the Brooklyn Bridge here is something you need to know: It’s going to be a lot harder to get into Manhattan for the next four years beginning Monday.
As part of a $500 million project, all lanes of the on-ramp heading into Manhattan on the Brooklyn Bridge will be closed from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday to Friday, from 12:01 a.m. to 7 a.m. on Saturdays, and from 12:01 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Sundays, beginning Monday, Aug. 23. The closures will last until 2014.
The project is partially funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and includes the rehabilitation and repainting of the 125-year-old bridge.
In addition, Manhattan-bound lanes of the historic span will be closed for at least 24 weekends over the next four years, the Brooklyn Bridge will be closed for a straight 53-hour period from 11 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Monday.
Although most of the contruction will be done overnight, the New York City Department of Transportation warns that there may be single-lane closures during off-peak hours in the daytime on the Manhattan-bound and Brooklyn-bound sides for preparatory work.
Drivers are urged to use the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, Williamsburg Bridge and Manhattan Bridge as alternative routes. The DOT also recommends using mass transit to travel in the Manhattan.
Motorists can receieve an up-to-date schedule of closures by contacting the Brooklyn Bridge Community Laison by calling (347) 647-0876 or emailing [email protected].
(Source: WPIX)
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Suggestion to greatly ease people’s anxiety over this: Suspend tolls on the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, nights and weekends (with clear signs on approaches, of course), for four years. (Of course, we don’t know how long it will REALLY take.) As an alternative, to avoid major back-ups right before the hour at which suspension goes into effect, suspend tolls 24/7 for two years.