The Interstate 81 project in Syracuse is about to affect the biggest job hub in the city, closing several roads in and around the University Hill area and impacting some of the estimated 25,000 people who commute to Syracuse University, SUNY ESF, Crouse Hospital, the VA and Upstate University Hospital.
One of the big entryways to the University Hill area will shut down Wednesday as the state prepares to create a roundabout at the future I-81 Business Loop.
“So the biggest change on Wednesday is, Van Buren Street will be closed and Almond St. from Van Buren to Taylor will be closed,” said I-81 Project Director Betsy Parmley. “So anyone that normally comes off the highway, for example, and likes to take this, I think of it as kind of the back way via Van Buren into, say, the parking garages…they will detour to Adams St., or Irving Ave., or whatever route suits them.”…