Update: Parkway Closure On Long Island Canceled

Update:

A planned closure on a Long Island parkway has been canceled as a potentially severe storm system heads to the Northeast.

Department of Transportation officials announced that the Thursday, May 23 closure of the Loop Parkway in Hempstead has been called off.

The steel deck replacement project's cancellation comes as a strong storm system is expected to head across the Northeast, bringing with it the potential of strong winds, downpours, hail, and lightning.

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Transportation officials did not specify when the project will resume.

Original Story:

A new overnight closure has been announced for a parkway on Long Island.

On Thursday, May 23, from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., both directions of the Loop Parkway in Hempstead will be closed, the New York State Department of Transportation announced.

The closures are weather permitting and will facilitate the steel deck replacement project on the Long Creek drawbridge.

During the construction, drivers will be detoured via signs to use the Long Beach Bridge, which connects Long Beach and Island Park, for access between the mainland and the Long Beach barrier island.

Additionally, transportation officials reminded drivers that the speed limit in the work zone has been lowered to 35 miles per hour.