The Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge will be fully closed to traffic every night from 10:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m., starting Sunday, October 16 through Friday, October 28, 2016 with the exception of Saturday night, October 22 when the bridge will remain open. 

Electronic signs will be placed along the Belt Parkway and Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, and along Rockaway Point Blvd. and Beach Channel Drive in the Rockaways, notifying motorists to use the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge as a detour during the closure periods.

The closures are required to allow for maintenance and testing operations on the lift mechanism of the bridge.

Motorists can sign up for MTA e-mail or text alerts at www.mta.info and check the Bridges and Tunnels homepage or Facebook page for the latest information on this planned work.