Pinelawn Road Bridge To Be Repaired

Northbound lanes of Pinelawn Road in Melville will be closed beginning Monday for construction work.

Traffic from Pinelawn will be detoured onto the Long Island Expressway’s south service road heading eastbound over the Half Hollow Road Bridge and back to the LIE’s westbound service road and Pinelawn Road northbound, according to the New York State Department of Transportation.

Other travel lane closures will take place at night and during off-peak mid-day hours as follows:  

• Monday through Friday, a single southbound Pinelawn Road travel lane may be closed between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and, either the LIE right lane or HOV lane eastbound and/or westbound may be closed 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.  

• The LIE main line will be closed at night in both directions for demolition of the deteriorated bridge for approximately one week in mid-April and one week in June between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. Sunday through Friday.

Department of Transportation officials said the detours and closures are needed to perform a $5.5 million rehabilitation of the aging Pinelawn Road Bridge over the LIE in order to maintain its structural integrity and assure its continued reliability. Motorists are being warned in advance of the closings via electronic road signs but should plan ahead and use alternate routes to avoid delays.