Traffic Alert: Two-Year Verrazano Lane Closure Begins Saturday

The MTA is planning to shut down a lane on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge for the first stage of its upper deck replacement project, beginning Saturday, March 7.

Details via the MTA:

Movable barrier will be used Monday through Friday, allowing three lanes to Brooklyn from 5 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and three lanes to Staten Island from 2:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and from 1 p.m. to midnight on Fridays. All six lower level lanes will be open during peak drive times.

The closure will be in affect until summer 2017.