Travel Alert: Exit closure planned for Meadowbrook Parkway to Loop Parkway on Thursday

From New York State Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation |

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation announced that motorists should expect a closure, and detour Thursday, Oct. 17 on the Meadowbrook Parkway at Exit M10 to the Loop Parkway in Nassau County.

From 8:30 a.m. till 4:30 p.m. the southbound on Meadowbrook Parkway Exit M10, Loop Parkway will be closed, motorist will be directed to U-turn just east of the Loop Parkway ramp and then proceed to the northbound Meadowbrook Parkway and take the Loop Parkway ramp, also M10, but northbound from the Meadowbrook Parkway.  Motorist can use the Loop Parkway and continue to Long Beach and surrounding areas.  This detour should add approximately seven minutes to their commute.  

This closure will provide a safe work zone as crews resurface the pavement and install lane markings.  

Electronic message signs will be in the area to alert and direct motorists.  As with most projects, work may be cancelled, postponed or prolonged due to inclement weather. 

Motorists are urged to slow down and safely move over when approaching roadside vehicles displaying red, white, blue, amber or green lights, including maintenance and construction vehicles in work zones. To learn more about the Move Over law and what we’re doing to keep workers and motorists safe in highway construction zones, visit  HYPERLINK “https://www.ny.gov/workzonesafety” www.ny.gov/workzonesafety.

Motorists are reminded that fines are doubled for speeding in work zones.  In accordance with the Work Zone Safety Act of 2005, convictions of two or more speeding violations in a work zone could result in the suspension of an individual’s driver’s license.

For up-to-date travel information, call 511, visit  www.511NY.org, or download the free 511NY app, available from the Apple App Store or Google Play.

Top: Google Maps image of Meadowbrook Parkway heading southbound to Exit M10.