- Port Authority's George Washington Bridge Restoration Work Advances
- Pennsylvania's Weekend I-90 Closure Seriously Disrupted New York Thruway Traffic
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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Port Authority's George Washington Bridge Restoration Work Advances
NorthJersey.com reports, “Efforts to replace all 592 steel suspender ropes that support the roadway on the George Washington Bridge are now 95% finished, and just 24 of the ropes are left to be replaced,” according to a Monday update issued by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ). “The rope replacement, which should be completed by the end of 2026, is part of an 11-project, $2 billion effort called Restoring the George that began in 2016.” (TRN inserted a link in quoted text.)
The article includes updates on the status of other restoration work, including demolition of the obsolete toll plaza (scheduled for completion in 2025) and ongoing replacement of the bridge’s pedestrian and bicycle paths.
George Washington Bridge Highway-Tunnel-Bridge Maintenance New Jersey New York New York City Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ)Pennsylvania's Weekend I-90 Closure Seriously Disrupted New York Thruway Traffic
In the midst of heavy lake-effect snowfall in northern Pennsylvania and western New York over the weekend, Pennsylvania highway officials closed I-90 between Erie and the New York border without alerting New York, WBKW reports. Consequently, the New York State Thruway Authority abruptly closed the westbound lanes of its westernmost portion of I-90 and diverted all traffic to an exit at Ripley. Complications from that maneuver compounded when a tractor-trailer jackknifed at the exit, ultimately leading the Thruway to push its westbound closure further east, first to Dunkirk and then to Hamburg. With so much traffic diverted to State Routes 5 and 20 after the Dunkirk closure, local roads inundated with as much snow as the Thruway became heavily congested.
In a separate article, WBKW interviews a tow-truck driver who said the near-constant service calls from stranded vehicles depleted his company’s resources. “‘[By Sunday night] our guys, including myself, were so tired and exhausted that we basically called AAA and let everybody know that we were out of service at 10:00 p.m. Sunday night until 8:00 a.m. Monday morning,’” said Jim Ellman, the owner of Ellman’s Garage in Dunkirk.
Highway-Tunnel-Bridge Safety (Includes COVID-19 Impacts) New York New York State Thruway Authority Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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