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Long Island Rail Road riders will revel in the main disruption over the weekend when teams install a new rail bridge at the site of a fatal turn of destination last year.
The installation of the new railway bridge on School Street in Westbury will result in delays at several LIRR branches, adding the Huntington, Port Jefferson and Ronkonkoma lines, whose passengers will be diverted on the Babylon Line.
The bridge, which will encompass a new two-lane underpass for car traffic, replaces a crossover at several injured in recent years, adding a collision on February 26, 2019.
In the accident, police said, a van fleeing the scene of a minor car accident overlooked the downed protective barrier and entered the runway of two trains traveling in opposite directions. injuring 8 passengers on the train.
The crossing is already approaching removal as a component of LIRR’s $2. 6 billion effort to build a third road between Floral Park and Hicksville, but railroad officials said the fatal collision had led them to “accelerate” the project. There were six fatal injuries at the site between 2007 and 2017, according to the railway.
The intersection of School Street is one of the 8-point junctions that will be removed as a component of the Third Way assignment and the fourth installation of a new bridge. The new road configuration is expected to open by the end of this year.
“The allocation will improve the reliability of the LIRR infrastructure and help the expansion and progression of Long Island and the region at large, and provide a quieter, more livable network along the railroad,” LIRR said in a statement.
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With a segment of the LIRR main line out of service this weekend, passengers on the Huntington, Port Jefferson and Ronkonkoma lines will be redirected to the Babylon Line using the central railroad branch, which connects Hicksville and Babylon. waiting an extra hour of time.
Travelers to Hempstead and Oyster Bay will also see changes in main hours. Brokers are requested to use other lines, adding the Port Washington and Babylon branches.
More information can be found www. mta. info.
Alfonso Castillo has been reporting for Newsday since 1999 and has been the speed of transportation since 2008. He grew up in the Bronx and Queens and now lives in Valley Stream with his wife and two children.
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