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Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to close driving lanes starting Friday

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The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway seen from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade.
Photo by Kevin Duggan

The city will be shutting down lanes on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in the Columbia Street Waterfront District beginning Friday, July 26, the Department of Transportation announced Tuesday.

The lane closures will accommodate work on the Kane Street Bridge, which passes over the highway near Hicks Street, and will variously close one or two eastbound and westbound driving lanes during the early hours for approximately four weeks.

The city has scheduled the closures for:

• Monday through Friday, when one lane will be closed from 12 a.m. to 1 a.m and two lanes will be closed from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m.

• On Saturday, one lane will be closed from 12 a.m. to 1 a.m. and two lanes will be closed 1 a.m. to 6 a.m.

• On Sunday, one lane will be closed from 12 a.m. to 2 a.m. and 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Two lanes will be closed 2 a.m. to 7 a.m.