Bronx River Parkway Closures Start Aug. 19th

There will be northbound midday closures on the Bronx River Parkway (BRP) the week of Aug 19th-23rd in order to facilitate construction of the West Abutment, according to a release from the Westchester County Dept. of Public Works and Transportation.

From Monday, Aug. 19th through Friday Aug. 23rd from 9:30 AM until 3:30 PM, the following closures will be in effect:

On the Northbound Bronx River Parkway, there will be no access from the 6 lane portion of the NB Bronx River Parkway to the 4 lane portion of the NB Bronx River Parkway at the Sprain Brook Parkway. All Traffic will be diverted onto the Sprain Brook Parkway and then Central Park Avenue (NY 100) all the way to White Plains.

This is designed to lessen the impact and the volume of diverted traffic to Harney Road, Scarsdale Avenue and East Parkway in Eastchester and Scarsdale.

Northbound Bronx River Parkway will be accessible to local traffic at the following locations (between the Sprain Brook Parkway and Harney Road) at all times:

• Entrances from Paxton Ave, Elm Street, Scarsdale Road, Thompson Street and Leewood Drive will be open.
• All northbound traffic will be diverted at Harney Road to Scarsdale Avenue and East Parkway, reentering the northbound Bronx River Parkway at Crane Road.

• The northbound Bronx River Parkway will be open to traffic at Crane Road and all points north.