By this time next week, motorists will no longer have the option of skipping the Bahamian Riviera and cutting through Cable Beach.
Instead, the rerouted West Bay Street will come into force over the next several days as Baha Mar development ramps up.
The move signals, in a sense, the firm beginning of the $2.6 billion mega resort's physical boundaries.
Robert Sands, Baha Mar's senior vice president of administrative and external Affairs, said the closing is necessary to secure the site.
"I would say we are about a week away from closing the road," he explained.  "Basically, what is happening is when you drive there you will see us putting in the turnabouts.  They are being paved as we speak.  These will lead motorists away from the site and over to the Bahamian Riviera."
The turnabouts are located just before the Wyndham Nassau & Crystal Palace Casino and after the former Nassau Beach Hotel.
Through the closing, legions of Chinese workers will be able to engage in "unimpeded work on the entire resort campus".  It will bring to fruition the construction of the $100 million project heralded last November, when Baha Mar held a special event to commemorate the opening of the expressway.  The new Commonwealth Bank, Police and Fire Station, Fidelity Bank and Scotiabank now line the stretch - all of which were built by Bahamian contractors.  These buildings, transplanted just outside the boundary of Baha Mar, run along a scenic Bahamian Riviera that features "a much more beautiful, peaceful route with tranquility and green space".
Although not all motorists may relish the extended route, special walkways and platforms along Hobby Horse Lake have certainly been popular with joggers and outdoor enthusiasts.
The route will also still afford a clear view of progress at Baha Mar.
Sands said progress is "moving along quite quickly"."It is envisioned we'll meet our milestones in July by being 100 feet above grade for the casino hotel," he told Guardian Business.
At present, the scaffolding, steel and beams already rise high out of the construction site.
Sands said there are 400 Chinese workers currently working on the project, and that number should gradually rise throughout the year.
The number of Chinese workers is expected to hit its peak sometime this summer.

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