Autumn might still be a week away on the calendar, but its annual arrival came early in Ship Bottom with the return of overnight road closures, prompting a change in traffic patterns for motorists traveling north and south of the Causeway as well as west toward Stafford Township.

Construction work at the intersections of Central and Barnegat avenues will close westbound traffic between the hours of 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. It began Sept. 7.