Farley bridge shutting down Wednesday
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- April
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The state Department of Transportation will be closing the deteriorating James A. Farley Memorial Bridge on Route 9W in Stony Point at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
The 86-year-old bridge will remain closed until December while it is rebuilt.
As a result, all traffic will be forced to use local roads:
• All southbound traffic will be detoured along Lowland Hill Road.
• Northbound passenger vehicles and vehicles weighing less than five tons will be detoured along County Route 106, Reservoir Road, and West Main Street.
• Northbound trucks and vehicles weighing five tons or more will be detoured along Railroad Avenue, Grassy Point Road and East Main Street.
Harrison & Burrowes Bridge Construction, of Glenmont, N.Y., was hired to do the $11 million bridge-replacement work. The contractor will demolish the bridge and start building the piers for a new span over Cedar Brook Pond by early September.
Stony Point Town Supervisor Phil Marino has said the bridge could reopen as early as mid-October but DOT officials are sticking with the December time frame.
Last July, in-depth inspections revealed serious corrosion on the steel structure of the bridge. Following repairs over the summer, the bridge was converted to serve one-way, alternating traffic, and the weight restrictions were lifted to allow most truck traffic.
Follow the status of the project at this DOT-created Web site.
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