Headed to the Queen Mary or the Carnival Cruise…
Headed to the Queen Mary or the Carnival Cruise terminal in Long Beach later this summer? You may need to change your route
Harbor Scenic Drive, one of the primary thoroughfares leading to those destinations, will close over four consecutive weekends for repaving work, starting Saturday, July 27.
The Carnival Airship flies over the Queen Mary and the cruise ship Carnival Imagination in Long Beach on Thursday, January 10, 2019 to mark the upcoming arrival of Carnival Cruise Line's newest ship, the Carnival Panorama. It will be the first Carnival ship to homeport in California in 20 years. It's expected to arrive in Long Beach in December. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
By Hayley Munguia | hmunguia@scng.com | Long Beach Press-Telegram
PUBLISHED: July 10, 2019 at 10:32 am | UPDATED: July 10, 2019 at 10:51 am
Folks headed to the Port of Long Beach, the Queen Mary or the Carnival Cruise terminal in late July and August may need to rethink their routes.
Harbor Scenic Drive, one of the primary thoroughfares leading to those Long Beach destinations, will close over four consecutive weekends for repaving work, starting Saturday, July 27.
That highway receives heavy cargo traffic to and from the port, said POLB spokesman Lee Peterson, so it periodically needs to be resurfaced.
Here's when and how drivers will be impacted:
7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 27 and Sunday, July 28: The northbound lanes from Harbor Plaza to Ocean Boulevard will close.
8 p.m. to 7 a.m. Friday, Aug. 2 to Sunday, Aug. 4: The southbound lanes will close from Ocean Boulevard to Harbor Plaza. The lanes will reopen at 7 a.m. Sunday.
7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11: Alternating southbound and northbound directions will close.
7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug 17 and Sunday, Aug. 18: Alternating southbound and northbound directions will close, if needed.
To get around the closure, drivers headed south can exit the 710 Freeway at Pico Avenue, just south of Ocean Boulevard. Turn left at Harbor Plaza and follow the road either to where southbound Harbor Scenic Drive picks back up or to the hospitality businesses: hotels, restaurants, the Queen Mary and the Carnival Cruise terminal.
Drivers can also take the Queensway Bridge south from downtown Long Beach to the Harbor Plaza east exit. Turn left on Harbor Plaza and reach your destination.
Those headed north can drive west on Harbor Plaza from Harbor Scenic, continue around to Pico Avenue and follow to the 710 Freeway northbound on-ramp.
Northbound drivers can also take Harbor Plaza to the on-ramp to the Queensway Bridge, which will lead to downtown.
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Hayley Munguia
Hayley Munguia covers Long Beach City Hall for the Southern California News Group. She previously worked as a data reporter for FiveThirtyEight and has written for The Week, the Jerusalem Post and the Austin American-Statesman, among other publications. She's originally from Austin, graduated from NYU and will pet a dog any chance she gets.
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