After several weather-related delays, including a blizzard, the North Highway in Hampton Bays will be reopened at the end of the day on Friday, according to the Long Island Railroad.
The roadway opens as frustrations grew high among locals, who used the road on a regular basis until it was closed off for a bridge reconstruction project.
The roadway was orginally expected to reopen in February, but then extensions were granted by the town through March.
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The LIRR's $26.2 million project, which was anticipated to take two years, the MTA has reported, will extend the lives of the Montauk Highway Bridge, the Shinnecock Canal Bridge, the North Road Bridge by 40 years with waterproofing, new drainage systems, fresh paint and the replacement of bearings and bridge seats.
All of the bridges were built in the early part of the 20th century with the North Highway Bridge being built in 1907, the Montauk Highway bridge in 1929 and the Shinnecock Canal Bridge constructed in 1931, according to the MTA.
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