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New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is advising motorists that the Exit 4B ramp from the southbound Cross Bronx Expressway (Interstate 95) to Rosedale Avenue in The Bronx will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday, July 24, until 5 a.m. Monday, July 27.
It will also be closed from 10 p.m. Friday, July 31, until 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 3, to facilitate pavement repairs, weather permitting, weather permitting.
To access Rosedale Avenue during these closures, motorists should use exit ramp 5A and follow the signed detour or use alternate route.
Additionally, MTA Bridges and Tunnels officials announced Thursday, July 23, that intermittent full closures at the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge’s Harlem River Lift Span to and from Manhattan are also scheduled for Friday, July 24, from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. The closures are for bridge lifts to test mechanical functionality and allow routine preventive maintenance, MTA officials said.
Each closure is expected to last around 20 minutes. Customers traveling on the M60 bus, which offers service to LaGuardia Airport, should expect delays. Motorists may wish to consider an alternate route.
For real time updates on service changes, motorists can visit mta.info.
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