Road closures following New York terrorist attacks

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CAMP HILL, Pa. (Sept. 12, 2001 via truckinginfo.com) — According to the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association., the status of roads in the New York area following Tuesday’s attack on the World Trade Center was as follows as of 7 p.m. EDT:
  
There is no access from New Jersey into New York except via Northern Bergen County/Rockland County. The Tappan Zee Bridge is open, as is I-87/I-287
  
> Holland Tunnel – closed both ways
> Lincoln Tunnel – closed both ways
> George Washington Bridge – NJ bound GW Bridge upper level is open/eastbound remains closed – NY bound
> Bayonne Bridge – open NJ Northbound only
> Goethals Bridge -open NJ Westbound only
> Outerbridge Crossing -open NJ Westbound only
  
MTA Bridge and Tunnel Crossings:
> Brooklyn Battery Tunnel – closed both ways until further notice
> Queens Midtown Tunnel – closed to trucks
> Triboro Bridge – closed into Manhattan – open to Queens from Manhattan – closed into Queens from the Bronx
> Throgs Neck Bridge – closed northbound (Bronx bound only)
> Bronx Whitestone Bridge – closed N/B – Bronx bound only
> Verrazano Narrows Bridge – open westbound only Toll suspended
> Henry Hudson Bridge – closed southbound (Manhattan bound) only
> Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge – closed both ways
> Marine Parkway Bridge – closed Northbound (Brooklyn bound Only)
  
NY State Bridge Authority:
> Bear Mountain Bridge – open
> Newburgh Beacon Bridge (I-84) – open
  
NY City Crossings:
> Brooklyn Bridge – closed both ways
> Manhattan Bridge – closed both ways
> Williamsburg Bridge – closed to Manhattan bound only
> Queensboro Bridge – upper level open both ways – lower level Manhattan bound closed – eastbound open
  
Long Island:
> Westbound Northern and Southern ParkwayÿFFFF92s closed at Queens/Nassau Border.
> Westbound Long Island Expressway closed between exit 53 (Sagtikos) – Queens Line.
  
Westchester County:
> Southbound NY State Thruway (Greenburgh) closed at exit 8 – traffic diverted to I-287
> Southbound NY State Thruway closed at exit 1 (Yonkers)
  
New Jersey:
> Pulaski Skyway – New York Bound/Northbound 1&9 closed
  
Bergen County:
> Eastbound 4 closed at Jones Road (Englewood)
> Eastbound 46 closed at 5th Street (Fort Lee)
> Eastbound I-80 Express Lanes closed in Saddle Brook-local lanes are open
> Eastbound 3 closed near Giants Stadium (Rutherford)
  
Middlesex County:
> Northbound 440 closed at US 9 (Woodbridge)

Hudson County:
> Northbound Truck 1&9 closed at Hackensack Avenue (Kearny)
> Eastbound 3 closed new Giants Stadium (Rutherford)
  
NJ Turnpike
> Eastern Spur closed both ways between Interchange 14 and I-80 – Western Spur is open
> Northbound NJ Turnpike traffic released at Interchange 11 (Woodbridge, NJ) – Interchange 13a (Elizabeth) closed – exit only
> 80/95 closed both ways between GW Bridge and I-80
> Garden State Parkway – open
  

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