Travel advisory: State DOT announces overnight closure of SR 24 in Hampton Bays Oct. 17

All westbound lanes on State Route 24 (Riverhead-Hampton Bays Road) between Montauk Highway (Suffolk County Route 80) and Sunrise Highway (State Route 27) in the Town of Southampton, will be closed on Thursday, Oct. 17 beginning at 10 p.m. until 5 a.m. Friday to facilitate the removal of an overhead sign structure, the State Department of Transportation said in a travel advisory issued Tuesday.

For access to State Route 24 from eastbound Montauk Highway, motorists should continue eastbound to Squiretown Road northbound to Old Riverhead Road westbound, according to the advisory. From westbound Montauk Highway motorists should proceed to Bellows Pond Road northbound for access to State Route 24.