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A tractor-trailer got stuck inside the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel Thursday morning, creating a nightmare for commuters with traffic heading into lower Manhattan likely to last for hours. The truck driver apparently didn’t see, or ignored, Posted signage indicating that tractor-trailers are not allowed in the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn, MTA Bridges and Tunnels Chairwoman Kathy Sheridan said in a radio interview. The truck driver received a long list of citations for traveling in the HOV lane, disobeying posted signs, excessive height, failure to obey an officer and more. He was also driving an unregistered vehicle, investigators discovered.
NEW YORK — A tractor-trailer got stuck inside the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel Thursday morning, creating a nightmare for commuters with traffic heading into lower Manhattan likely to last for hours.
The truck driver apparently did not see, or ignored, posted signage indicating that tractor-trailers are not allowed in the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn, MTA Bridges and Tunnels Chairwoman Kathy Sheridan said. , in a radio interview.
“He actually ignored the officers who tried to stop him at the entrance to the tunnel and he got halfway across the river and got stuck in the tunnel,” Sheridan said in the interview.
The truck became stuck on the Manhattan-bound side of the tunnel, causing a major traffic jam to Brooklyn.
Sources told NBC New York that the truck got stuck around 10 a.m. and that the Manhattan-bound tunnel might not open until 2:30 p.m., which would likely have major impacts on traffic at the time. beak. Although that Manhattan-bound tunnel remained closed, the other remained open for traffic in both directions, but delays were significant in the early afternoon.
Sheridan said a tow truck was working to remove the trailer.
“It’s a matter of deflating the tire a little bit to free it from the roof of the tunnel. And we’re actually removing it right now,” Sheridan said.
The transit agency will have to conduct a structural inspection of the tunnel to get an idea of the severity of the damage.
The truck driver received a long list of citations for traveling in the HOV lane, disobeying posted signs, exceeding heights, failing to obey an officer and more. He was also driving an unregistered vehicle, investigators discovered.
2023-09-28 17:24:54
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