PORT AUTHORITY BRIDGES, TUNNELS AND RAIL ADVISORY FOR JULY 22 TO 28

Posted July 22, 2022

Lane Closures Planned This Week at the George Washington Bridge, Holland Tunnel, Lincoln Tunnel, Bayonne Bridge and Goethals Bridge

JFK Airport’s Green Garage and AirTrain JFK’s Terminal 2 Station Closed for Construction; AirTrain Customers Should Use Terminal 1

REMINDER: LaGuardia Link Q70 is Fare-Free Year-Round

For the week of July 22 to 28, 2022 the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey encourages all travelers who use the agency’s facilities to plan ahead and consider additional travel time due to the lane closures or service changes detailed below.

LANE CLOSURES IN EFFECT

George Washington Bridge:

  • On Friday, July 22 and again on Saturday, July 23, from 11 p.m. each night to 9 a.m. the following morning, three eastbound lanes on the upper level will be closed. New York-bound motorists can use the lower level.
  • From 11 p.m. Friday, July 22, to 9 a.m. Saturday, July 23, two eastbound lanes on the upper level Trans-Manhattan Expressway will be closed. New Jersey-bound motorists can use the lower level.
  • From 11 p.m. July 22, to 9 a.m. Saturday, July 23, the ramp from the southbound Palisades Interstate Parkway to eastbound lanes on the upper level will be closed. New York-bound motorists can exit at Hudson Terrace.
  • From 11 p.m. Friday, July 22, to 8 a.m. Saturday, July 23, three westbound lanes on the upper level will be closed. New Jersey-bound motorists can use the lower level.
  • From 11 p.m. Friday, July 22, to 8 a.m. Saturday, July 23, two westbound lanes on the upper level Trans-Manhattan Expressway will be closed. New Jersey-bound motorists can use the lower level.
  • From 11 p.m. Friday, July 22, to 8 a.m. Saturday, July 23, the 179th Street ramp will be closed. New Jersey-bound motorists can use the lower level.
  • From 11 p.m. Friday, July 22, to 8 a.m. Saturday, July 23, the ramp from the northbound Henry Hudson Parkway to westbound lanes on the upper level will be closed. New Jersey-bound motorists can use the lower level.
  • On Saturday, July 23, from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. one westbound lane on the upper level will be closed.

Holland Tunnel:

  • From 11 p.m. Friday, July 22, to 8 a.m. Saturday, July 23, the New York-bound tube of the Holland Tunnel will be closed due to ongoing Superstorm Sandy-related repairs. The New Jersey-bound tube remains open at all times during work.
  • On Sunday, July 24, from 11 p.m. through 5 a.m. the following morning, and on multiple overnights through fall 2022, the New York-bound tube of the Holland Tunnel will be closed due to ongoing Superstorm Sandy-related repairs. The New Jersey-bound tube remains open at all times during work. For more information on this critical repair project, click here.
  • From Sunday, July 24, through Thursday, July 28, from 11:59 p.m. each night to 5:30 a.m. the following morning, one westbound lane will be closed.

Lincoln Tunnel:

  • From 1:30 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 23, and again on Sunday July 24, the two left lanes on westbound New Jersey Route 495 will be closed continuously from the base of the Helix to the NJ Route 3 West exit, where all westbound traffic will be diverted to NJ Route 3 West.

Bayonne Bridge:

  • From Monday, July 25, through Thursday, July 28, from 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day, one northbound lane and one southbound lane will be closed.
  • From 11 p.m. Monday, July 25, to 5 a.m. Tuesday, July 26, the southbound Morningstar Road exit ramp will be closed.

Goethals Bridge:

  • From 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, to 5 a.m. Thursday, July 28, one eastbound lane will be closed.

AIRPORTS & AIRTRAIN

  • LaGuardia Link Q70 bus service is now fare free year-round to encourage the use of public transit to and from LaGuardia Airport. For details on New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's announcement, click here. For information on how to get to the airport via public transit, visit the MTA’s page on travel to LaGuardia Airport.
  • To manage on-airport parking demand, the Port Authority is urgently calling on air travelers to pre-book parking spaces if they plan to travel to the agency’s airports by private car. Travelers who do not pre-book will be charged a summer peak period surcharge. Click here for more information.
  • John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Green Garage and AirTrain JFK’s Terminal 2 station have closed for demolition activities associated with the construction of JFK’s new Terminal One. AirTrain JFK service to Terminal 2 has been discontinued. The Green Garage exit remains open for two additional weeks to allow motorists who parked before July 11 to exit the garage prior to the start of demolition activities.
    - For access to Terminal 2 via AirTrain, customers should use the Terminal 1 station. Customers should follow signage for access to and from Terminal 1 station along a covered walkway between terminals 1 and 2 on the arrivals level. Service to all other airport terminals is not affected on the Howard Beach and Jamaica lines.
    - Motorists going to terminals 1 or 2 who wish to park should use the Red Garage, which is adjacent to Terminal 8. Signage and personnel will direct those motorists who parked at the Red Garage on how to access terminals 1 and 2 via AirTrain JFK.

PATH

  • On Sunday, July 24, from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m., train service will be suspended between the Harrison and Journal Square stations due to flood mitigation tests at Harrison Station. For service between Newark Penn Station and New York City, NJ TRANSIT will cross-honor customers with train service to/from New York Penn Station. For service between Newark and Journal Square, NJ TRANSIT will cross-honor customers with bus service between Newark Penn Station and Journal Square via the No. 1 bus, located on eastbound Market Street. At Journal Square, the No. 1 bus to Newark Penn Station will be available at bus platform C2.
  • The southwest entrance to the Harrison station is closed at all hours to accommodate demolition work ahead of a renovation of the station. During construction, riders are required to use traffic signal pedestrian crossings at Angelo Cifelli Drive and Guyon Drive to access a corresponding station house on the opposite side of Frank E. Rodgers Boulevard.  
  • Customers who use the WTC PATH station during overnights should use the street level entrances at Fulton Street or Vesey Street via the North Concourse in the 2 World Trade Center Transit Lobby. Oculus access is limited overnight from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. to allow for enhanced cleaning and the safety and security of customers due to reduced traffic volumes. All other entrances will be closed. For more updates on the WTC campus, click here.  
  • As a reminder, the 9 Street and 23 Street stations are closed from each midnight to 5 a.m. for maintenance. Nearby PATH stations at Christopher Street, 14 Street and 33 Street remain open 24 hours a day unless otherwise noted.
  • For information on PATH service and train schedules, click here or download the PATH mobile app, RidePath.

COVID-19 TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS

  • The Port Authority will continue to follow the guidance of the New York and New Jersey public health authorities with respect to mask mandates at its public transportation facilities.

    Per current New York public health guidance, the mask mandate remains in effect for the following New York facilities:
    -                Port Authority Midtown Bus Terminal
    -                George Washington Bridge Bus Station
    -                World Trade Center Oculus Transportation Hub
    -                LaGuardia Airport
    -                John F. Kennedy International Airport
    -                New York Stewart International Airport

    Per newly issued New Jersey public health guidance, the mask mandate has been lifted for the following New Jersey facilities, but masks are now optional and welcome for all who choose to wear them:
    -                Newark Liberty International Airport
    -                Teterboro Airport

    The mask mandate remains in effect for the interstate PATH system (including stations and platforms with the exception of open-air platforms).
     
  • Domestic travelers entering New York or New Jersey should follow CDC guidance here.
  • International air travelers entering the United States through New York or New Jersey should follow CDC guidance here.