BATH, N.Y. (WENY) – Officials with the Bath VA Medical Center are reminding the community that the entrance bridge is closing May 28 for major renovations.

The bridge will be closed for four months. Officials say the steel beams, concrete deck and sidewalks on the bridge will all be removed and replaced.

During this time, traffic must enter through the VA's back entrance using Longwell Lane off Knight Settlement Road.

Listed below are directions to get to the detour during construction:

From Interstate 86

¦ Take Exit 37 (Kanona)

¦ Turn onto State Route 53 South

¦ Follow State Route 53 to State Route 415; turn left

¦ Follow Route 415 to Knight Settlement Road; turn right

¦ Take first left onto Longwell Lane (immediately after

railroad tracks) to the back entrance of the Bath VA.

OR

¦ Take Exit 38 (Bath)

¦ Take W. Washington Street to State Route 415; turn left

¦ Follow Route 415 to Knight Settlement Road; turn left

¦ Take first left onto Longwell Lane (immediately after railroad tracks) to the back entrance of the Bath VA.