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UPDATE 11 - Full Closure of Niagara Bound Lanes on Burlington Skyway Bridge

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UPDATE - Sept. 21, 2023

The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has revised their schedule for the Skyway Niagara bound closures.

For real-time updates, please go to Ontario 511.

All full closures start at 10 p.m. and end at 10 a.m. Friday or Saturday:

Saturday, Sept. 23 - CANCELLED
Friday, Sept. 29 with Sept. 30 as backup

During the QEW Niagara bound closures, MTO will close these on ramps:

All lanes QEW Fort Erie bound, beyond Northshore Boulevard/ Hwy 2 to the south of the Burlington Skyway will be closed.
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Northshore Boulevard/Hwy 2 southbound will be fully closed.
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Plains Road south bound will be fully closed
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Fairview Street south bound will be fully closed
QEW Niagara-bound Collector Lane split at Eastport Drive (N-S Ramp, North of the Canal), will be closed

For questions or more information, please contact the MTO.

UPDATE - Sept. 20, 2023

The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has revised their schedule for the Skyway Niagara bound closures.

For real-time updates, please go to Ontario 511.

All full closures start at 10 p.m. and end at 10 a.m. Friday or Saturday:

Saturday, Sept. 23
Friday, Sept. 29 with Sept. 30 as backup

During the QEW Niagara bound closures, MTO will close these on ramps:

All lanes QEW Fort Erie bound, beyond Northshore Boulevard/ Hwy 2 to the south of the Burlington Skyway will be closed.
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Northshore Boulevard/Hwy 2 southbound will be fully closed.
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Plains Road south bound will be fully closed
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Fairview Street south bound will be fully closed
QEW Niagara-bound Collector Lane split at Eastport Drive (N-S Ramp, North of the Canal), will be closed

For questions or more information, please contact the MTO.

UPDATE - Sept. 12, 2023

The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has revised their schedule for the Skyway Niagara bound closures.

For real-time updates, please go to Ontario 511.

All full closures start at 10 p.m. and end at 10 a.m. Friday or Saturday:

Friday, Sept. 22 with Sept. 23 as backup
Friday, Sept. 29 with Sept. 30 as backup

During the QEW Niagara bound closures, MTO will close these on ramps:

All lanes QEW Fort Erie bound, beyond Northshore Boulevard/ Hwy 2 to the south of the Burlington Skyway will be closed.
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Northshore Boulevard/Hwy 2 southbound will be fully closed.
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Plains Road south bound will be fully closed
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Fairview Street south bound will be fully closed
QEW Niagara-bound Collector Lane split at Eastport Drive (N-S Ramp, North of the Canal), will be closed

For questions or more information, please contact the MTO.

UPDATE - Aug. 22, 2023

The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has revised their schedule for the Skyway Niagara bound closures.

For real-time updates, please go to Ontario 511.

All full closures start at 10 p.m. and end at 10 a.m. Friday or Saturday:

Saturday, Aug. 26 - CANCELLED

Friday, Sept. 8 with Sept. 9 as backup
Friday, Sept. 15 with Sept. 16 as backup
Friday, Sept. 29 with Sept. 30 as backup

During the QEW Niagara bound closures, MTO will close these on ramps:

All lanes QEW Fort Erie bound, beyond Northshore Boulevard/ Hwy 2 to the south of the Burlington Skyway will be closed.
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Northshore Boulevard/Hwy 2 southbound will be fully closed.
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Plains Road south bound will be fully closed
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Fairview Street south bound will be fully closed
QEW Niagara-bound Collector Lane split at Eastport Drive (N-S Ramp, North of the Canal), will be closed

For questions or more information, please contact the MTO.

UPDATE - Aug. 16, 2023

The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has revised their schedule for the Skyway Niagara bound closures.

For real-time updates, please go to Ontario 511.

All full closures start at 10 p.m. and end at 10 a.m. Friday or Saturday:

Saturday, Aug. 19 - CANCELLED

Saturday, Aug. 26

Friday, Sept. 8 with Sept. 9 as backup

Friday, Sept. 15 with Sept. 16 as backup

During the QEW Niagara bound closures, MTO will close these on ramps:

All lanes QEW Fort Erie bound, beyond Northshore Boulevard/ Hwy 2 to the south of the Burlington Skyway will be closed.
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Northshore Boulevard/Hwy 2 southbound will be fully closed.
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Plains Road south bound will be fully closed
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Fairview Street south bound will be fully closed
QEW Niagara-bound Collector Lane split at Eastport Drive (N-S Ramp, North of the Canal), will be closed

For questions or more information, please contact the MTO.

UPDATE - Aug. 15, 2023

The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has revised their schedule for the Skyway Niagara bound closures.

For real-time updates, please go to Ontario 511.

All full closures start at 10 p.m. and end at 10 a.m. Friday or Saturday:

Saturday, Aug. 19

Friday, Aug. 25 with 26 as backup

During the QEW Niagara bound closures, MTO will close these on ramps:

All lanes QEW Fort Erie bound, beyond Northshore Boulevard/ Hwy 2 to the south of the Burlington Skyway will be closed.
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Northshore Boulevard/Hwy 2 southbound will be fully closed.
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Plains Road south bound will be fully closed
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Fairview Street south bound will be fully closed
QEW Niagara-bound Collector Lane split at Eastport Drive (N-S Ramp, North of the Canal), will be closed

For questions or more information, please contact the MTO.

UPDATE - Aug. 9, 2023

The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has revised their schedule for the Skyway Niagara bound closures.

For real-time updates, please go to Ontario 511.

All full closures start at 10 p.m. and end at 10 a.m. Friday or Saturday:

Friday, Aug. 11 with 12 as backup - CANCELLED

Friday, Aug. 18 with 19 as backup

Friday, Aug. 25 with 26 as backup

During the QEW Niagara bound closures, MTO will close these on ramps:

All lanes QEW Fort Erie bound, beyond Northshore Boulevard/ Hwy 2 to the south of the Burlington Skyway will be closed.
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Northshore Boulevard/Hwy 2 southbound will be fully closed.
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Plains Road south bound will be fully closed
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Fairview Street south bound will be fully closed
QEW Niagara-bound Collector Lane split at Eastport Drive (N-S Ramp, North of the Canal), will be closed

For questions or more information, please contact the MTO.

UPDATE - July 27, 2023

The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has revised their schedule for the Skyway Niagara bound closures.

For real-time updates, please go to Ontario 511.

All Full Closures below Start 10:00pm, end 10:00am Friday or Saturday:

Friday July 28 with 29, 2023 as backup –- CANCELED

Friday August 11 with 12 as backup

Friday August 18 with 19 as backup

Friday August 25 with 26 as backup

During the QEW Niagara bound closures, MTO will close the following on ramps:

All lanes QEW Fort Erie bound, beyond Northshore Boulevard/ Hwy 2 to the south of the Burlington Skyway will be closed.
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Northshore Boulevard/Hwy 2 southbound will be fully closed.
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Plains Road south bound will be fully closed
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Fairview Street south bound will be fully closed
QEW Niagara-bound Collector Lane split at Eastport Drive (N-S Ramp, North of the Canal), will be closed

For questions or more information, please contact the MTO.

UPDATE - July 20, 2023

The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has revised their schedule. Times have changed and another date in August has been added. There are also on-ramps that will be closed during the Skyway closures.

For real-time updates, please go to Ontario 511.

Saturday, July 22
8:30 p.m. - one lane closed
10 p.m. - full closure
Sunday, July 23, 11:30 a.m. - all lanes reopen

Friday, July 28*
8:30 p.m. - one lane closed
10 p.m. - full closure
Saturday, July 29, 10 a.m. - all lanes reopen
*rain date - Saturday, July 29

Friday, Aug. 11*
8:30 p.m. - one lane closed
10 p.m. - full closure
Saturday, Aug. 12, 10 a.m. - all lanes reopen
*rain date - Saturday, Aug. 12

Friday, Aug. 18*
8:30 p.m. - one lane closed
10 p.m. - full closure
Saturday, Aug. 19, 10 a.m. - all lanes reopen
*rain date - Saturday, Aug. 19

On ramps closed

All lanes QEW Fort Erie bound, beyond Northshore Boulevard/ Hwy 2 to the south of the Burlington Skyway will be closed.
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Northshore Boulevard/Hwy 2 southbound will be fully closed.
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Plains Road south bound will be fully closed
The on-ramp to QEW Fort Erie Bound from Fairview Street south bound will be fully closed
QEW Niagara-bound Collector Lane split at Eastport Drive (N-S Ramp, North of the Canal), will be closed

Signs have been placed at these ramps with the dates and times when they will be closed.

For questions or more information, please contact the MTO.

UPDATE - July 17, 2023

The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has revised their schedule to

Saturday, July 22 at 10 p.m. until
Sunday, July 23 at 11:30 a.m.

This is instead of the original scheduled time of Friday, July 21.

The rest of the dates are

Friday, July 28, 2023
Friday, Aug. 11, 2023

All Niagara-bound lane closures will begin Friday night at 10 p.m. The lanes will reopen on Saturday morning at 10 a.m.

If the the closures need to be pushed to Saturday night, all Niagara-bound lanes will be closed on Friday night at 10 p.m. The lanes will reopen on Sun day morning at 10 a.m.

The Burlington Skyway Bridge is owned and operated by the Ministry of Transportation (MTO). For more information, visit their website or contact:

MTO

UPDATE - July 11, 2023

The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has revised their schedule and added another closure date:

Friday, Aug. 11, 2023

June 28, 2023

The Burlington Skyway Bridge is under construction

Fridays, July 7 to 28, 2023
Lane closures begin at 6:30 p.m. with full closure of Niagara/Westbound lanes at 8 p.m.

All westbound lanes of traffic are closed for this work, Friday nights in July:

July 7
July 14
July 21
July 28

Plus Aug. 11

Niagara bound lanes will reopen, Saturdays by 9:30 a.m.

In case of bad weather, the Friday night construction will be rescheduled for the next night, Saturday and the lanes will reopen Sunday morning by 9:30 a.m.

The Burlington Skyway Bridge is owned and operated by the Ministry of Transportation (MTO). For more information, visit their website or contact:

MTO