Traffic & Transit
3 Long Island Expressway Lanes To Close Near Plainview
Transportation officials say crews will perform bridge maintenance work Monday night and three lanes will close.
PLAINVIEW, NY — Heads up drivers: the eastbound lanes of the Long Island Expressway near Plainview will be reduced to a single lane from Monday night until Tuesday morning.
The high-occupancy, left and center lanes will close at 9 p.m. Monday while crews perform maintenance work on the bridge over Round Swamp Road, transportation officials said. The lanes will reopen around 6 a.m. Tuesday.
The service road will remain open during the work. Electronic signs will relay additional information near the work zone.
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Drivers should slow down and drive carefully through work zones, where fines are doubled for speeding. Convictions of two or more speeding violations in a work zone could result in a suspended driver license.
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