Thousand Islands Bridge to run 1-way overnight for maintenance

ALEXANDRIA BAY — Traffic on the Thousand Islands Bridge will be reduced to one-way during overnight hours starting May 6 as crews go through annual cleaning and maintenance.

The Thousand Islands Bridge Authority said in a release the bridge will operate alternating one-way travel from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. Sunday evenings to Friday mornings starting May 6. Traffic is expected to return to normal June 22.

Kurt Hartmann, terminal manager for Cavalier Transportation in Syracuse, says much of the commercial traffic that crosses the bridge goes over at night. However, he says he doesn’t expect the maintenance work to delay shipments much.

Hartmann says that border crossings at the bridge have been streamlined with documentation arriving electronically before shipments do. He says that documents get sent and approval is received before trucks head for the bridge. “If there’s a problem, there is no sense in heading for the border.”

Thanks to the electronic processes adopted in the past five or so years, crossing the border is no more time consuming for truck drivers than for other motorists, Hartmann adds.

The authority said no traffic-slowing work is planned during daytime hours or during weekends, or during Canada’s May 21 Victoria Day holiday. However, the authority added, “momentary delays may be experienced.”

Built in 1937 and 1938, the Thousand Islands Bridge sees some 2 million crossings a year, according to the authority’s web site. 

ALEXANDRIA BAY — Traffic on the Thousand Islands Bridge will be reduced to one-way during overnight hours starting May 6 as crews go through annual cleaning and maintenance.

The Thousand Islands Bridge Authority said in a release the bridge will operate alternating one-way travel from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. Sunday evenings to Friday mornings starting May 6. Traffic is expected to return to normal June 22.

Kurt Hartmann, terminal manager for Cavalier Transportation in Syracuse, says much of the commercial traffic that crosses the bridge goes over at night. However, he says he doesn’t expect the maintenance work to delay shipments much.

Hartmann says that border crossings at the bridge have been streamlined with documentation arriving electronically before shipments do. He says that documents get sent and approval is received before trucks head for the bridge. “If there’s a problem, there is no sense in heading for the border.”

Thanks to the electronic processes adopted in the past five or so years, crossing the border is no more time consuming for truck drivers than for other motorists, Hartmann adds.

The authority said no traffic-slowing work is planned during daytime hours or during weekends, or during Canada’s May 21 Victoria Day holiday. However, the authority added, “momentary delays may be experienced.”

Built in 1937 and 1938, the Thousand Islands Bridge sees some 2 million crossings a year, according to the authority’s web site.