Binghamton Area Highway Projects Scheduled This Week And Beyond

As we segue into the fall season, while many road projects are complete, many roadwork projects continue throughout the Southern Tier of New York and Northeast Pennsylvania.

Here are a few things happening that may affect your commute:

Johnson City

Today, Tuesday, September 22nd, and Wednesday, September 23rd, Village Contracted Crews are working on pavement milling on Floral Avenue from the village line at Margaret Street to Ackley Avenue. These roads are open to local traffic only, but there will be full road closures at times. All parked vehicles must be removed from the roadway by 7 a.m. each day, and the roads will open fully at the end of each work day.

UPDATE:
Beginning Thursday September 24th until further notice, the Isabelle Municipal Parking Lot will be closed. Crews will be Excavating and Reconstructing the Isabelle Parking Lot, on the corner of Main Street and North Arch Street in Johnson City. All parked vehicles will need to be removed from the parking lot by 7 a.m. on September 24th.

Towns of Union and Vestal

The New York State Department of Transportation announced that phase 2 of the project to modernize four bridges on State Route 17 in the Towns of Union and Vestal begins today, Tuesday, September 22nd at 2 p.m.

During Phase One, crews replaced the approach slabs on four structures carrying State Route 17 over Vestal Road and the Susquehanna River along the eastbound side of the highway. Traffic between Exits 67 and 69 was maintained with single-lane traffic on the westbound side. That work is now complete according to the NYS DOT.

Traffic will be shifted to the eastbound side of State Route 17, with single-lane traffic in effect between Exits 67 and 69 while crews replace the approach slabs on the westbound side of the highway.

Exit 68 eastbound and the State Route 26 southbound on-ramp to State Route 17 eastbound have both been reopened, but the State Route 26 northbound on-ramp to State Route 17 eastbound remains closed for the duration of the project. Motorists should follow the signed detour via State Route 434.

Broome County Highway Work (week of September 21)

Milling & paving Bunn Hill Road – County Route 053 (from Fuller Hollow / Bunn Hill intersection to Winding Lane)
Ditch cleaning & shoulder repairs on Caldwell Hill Road, Park Avenue, Nanticoke Drive, Nowlan Road, Old State Road, & Stratmill Road
Surface treatment work on Edson Road - County Route 016 (from New York State Rt. 79 to Piper Hill Road)
Culvert work on Farm to Market Road, East Maine Road, & Bevier Street
Catch basin repair on Colesville Road
Blacktop repairs on Broome County Airport Road
Mowing the right-of-way on Broome County roadways

Hillcrest - Upcoming Project

According to a post from the Hillcrest Fire Department, Nowland Road will be closed at the upper set of railroad tracks just above the cemetery from September 28th through October 1st. No traffic will be able to pass through during this time due to a rebuild of the crossing and correcting drainage issues. The road will be completely blocked off.

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