Motorists traveling on the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge can expect long-term exit closures next month.
The 3rd Avenue exit — the last exit in Queens before entering the Bronx-bound bridge — will be closed to all traffic beginning January 7, while construction work on the $109 million capital improvement project to widen the Queens approach is done, according to the MTA.
The blockades are expected to remain in place for approximately two years, officials said.
Passenger vehicles driving from the Bronx-bound Cross Island Parkway will have to take Exit 33N at Utopia Parkway, and those driving from the northbound Whitestone Expressway will have to get off past the 20th Avenue exit and merge onto the Cross Island Parkway.
All commercial vehicles must exit the Whitestone Expressway at 20th Avenue, the MTA said.
The agency said signs will be in place and traffic agents will be on hand when the detours begin next month.
