Travel Alert: Hutch Weekend Closure Starts At Midnight

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — There will be a New York State Office of Transportation closure on the Hutchinson River Parkway this weekend.

The Hutch will be closed in the two directions from I-95 to the Cross County Parkway, commencing at 12 a.m. Saturday early morning and continuing by to Monday at 5 a.m. to accommodate a bridge substitute project at Lincoln Avenue in Mount Vernon.

Targeted traffic will be detoured and this may well have an affect on regional floor roadways. Officers are warning motorists to be expecting delays even if they are not touring on the parkway.

Motorists should use the next marked detours:

• Motorists accessing the Hutchinson River Parkway northbound will be detoured to I-95.
• Motorists accessing the Hutchinson River Parkway southbound will be detoured to the Cross County Parkway.
• Motorists traveling east on the Cross County Parkway will be directed to continue east at Exit 9 (Hutchinson River Parkway South/Whitestone Bridge) and Exit 10 (New Rochelle Highway/Eastchester).

The NYSDOT is reminding motorists to gradual down and drive responsibly in function zones. Remember, fines are doubled for rushing in a perform zone. Convictions of two or additional rushing violations in a do the job zone could outcome in the suspension of your drivers license.

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