TRAFFIC ALERT
If you are traveling southbound on South Bay Road, heading toward the bridge, please pay attention to the signs.
South Bay Road is closed to southbound traffic at the South Bay Road bridge. Do not wait at the red light in place at the southbound bridge approach. It will not change.
Please utilize the signed detour that directs traffic south on Thompson Road, to south on Northern Boulevard, to north on I-481, to Exit 10 (Circle Drive/North Syracuse), to east on Circle Drive, to South Bay Road.
The northbound lane on South Bay Road remains open to traffic.
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I-81 Viaduct Project
A bridge deck pour in process in Cicero in November 2023.
Abutment forming in December 2023 for a new bridge carrying the future Business Loop 81 northbound.
Drone image from January 2024 of the existing I-481/I-81 northern interchange in Cicero.
A steel girder, weighing roughly 31,900 lbs. is set on the existing I-481 (future I-81) bridge over Totman Road in Cicero in May 2024.
Crews construct a bridge abutment in Cicero in May 2024.
An excavator loads a dump truck near the I-481/I-81 southern interchange, near Brighton Towers, and Loretto, in September 2023.
A pile installation for the relocated East Glen Avenue bridge in Syracuse's Valley neighborhood in May 2024.
Installation of a drainage structure west of Brighton Avenue in May 2024.
View from East Glen Avenue in Syracuse's Valley neighborhood, looking south over the existing I-81 northbound (future Business Loop 81).