Islip Town overnight closures set for State Route 111 and Exit 40S on Southern State Parkway
The closures are set to begin on Monday night. Credit: Getty Images/Marcia Straub
Sections of State Route 111 and the Southern State Parkway in Islip Town will be partially shut down beginning on Monday, according to the New York State Department of Transportation, which said the closures will last for five days and five weeks, respectively.
The Southern State closure will impact the Exit 40S ramp for drivers coming from the west. That exit puts drivers directly into the southbound lanes of the Robert Moses Causeway, which leads to Fire Island and Robert Moses State Park.
That ramp will be shut down from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. on weeknights for roughly five weeks starting on Monday to "facilitate guiderail replacement," according to the NYSDOT’s announcement.
The agency suggests motorists heading eastbound exit the Southern State Parkway at 39S for southbound State Route 231, and then head east on Sunrise Highway or Montauk Highway to enter onto the causeway heading south.
About five miles to the east, there will be another overnight closure, this one on State Route 111 — also called Islip Avenue — in both directions between Moffitt Boulevard and Union Boulevard.
That roadway will be shut down from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. starting Monday and continuing for five successive nights. The closure is meant to facilitate drainage enhancements, according to NYSDOT.
Drivers going north on that road will be shuttled into the west lanes of Union Boulevard, onto the north lanes of Nassau Avenue, then to the east lanes of Moffit Boulevard before they are able to get back on State Route 111.
Southbound drivers should go west on Moffit Boulevard, south on Nassau Avenue, and then east on Union Boulevard before they can return to State Route 111.
The work schedule for both roadway projects could change because of weather, according to the NYSDOT.
Sam Kmack covers the Town of Islip for Newsday. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California and previously worked as a city watchdog reporter in the Phoenix metro area, as well as an investigative journalist at the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting.
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