{"id":274426,"date":"2026-06-22T20:44:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T20:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/274426\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T20:44:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T20:44:25","slug":"news-12-westchester-another-bridge-closure-set-to-snarl-summer-traffic-in-new-rochelle-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/274426\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Westchester | Another Bridge Closure Set To Snarl Summer Traffic In New Rochelle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Drivers in New Rochelle are facing another major disruption as a bridge is set to close for months of construction this summer.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The Centre Avenue Bridge will shut down starting Monday, June 29.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Crews will begin a major overhaul of the 68-year-old structure.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The project includes demolition, reconstruction, and the addition of new sidewalks and pavement.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Officials say the bridge will also be raised slightly to give trucks traveling on I-95 below more room and reduce bridge strike incidents.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Work will take place during both daytime and overnight hours.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Drivers should expect possible lane closures on I-95 near the bridge.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Detours will be posted for both eastbound and westbound traffic, as well as for pedestrians.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The bridge is not expected to reopen until Sept. 1.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The North Avenue Bridge over Interstate 95 in New Rochelle reopened to traffic in April, following a $31.8 million replacement project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drivers in New Rochelle are facing another major disruption as a bridge is set to close for months&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-274426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}