Long Island Expressway Exit To Close Overnight For A Month: DOT

FOREST HILLS, QUEENS — One ramp from the eastbound Long Island Expressway to Woodhaven Boulevard/Queens Boulevard will be closed overnight for the next month, the New York State Department of Transportation is warning drivers.

Exit 19 from eastbound Long Island Expressway to Woodhaven Boulevard/Queens Boulevard — which borders Forest Hills — will close nightly to traffic from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. starting this upcoming Monday, June 7, weather permitting, the agency said in a news release.

The exit ramp should reopen next month, on the morning of Friday July 9.

Drivers can instead take Exit 21 towards 108th Street and follow the signed detour to get to Woodhaven Boulevard and Queens Boulevard.

This construction is part of the NYSDOT’s project to repave stretches of the Long Island Expressway, in this instance from Maurice Avenue to 112th Street in Queens.

The project is one of many pavement restoration projects included in the state’s budget this year.

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