Merrick Road in Amityville reopened Tuesday morning after weekend repairs near a culvert required traffic to be rerouted, according to a state Department of Transportation news release.

DOT officials said the road reopened at 5:45 a.m. Tuesday.

On Friday, DOT officials announced the road would be closed to allow workers to fix an issue with the culvert, which carries Amityville Creek beneath the roadway.

State Route 27A was closed "in the vicinity of the culvert" Friday at 6 p.m., Newsday previously reported , and traffic was rerouted onto neighborhood streets.

Village Mayor Michael O’Neill said crews worked through the weekend making repairs and backfilling the area. He said he believes the repairs would have been done sooner if not for the nor’easter with its high winds and rai

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