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Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Yahoo
MTA Bridges and Tunnels closures for the TD Five Boro Bike Tour
NEW YORK (PIX11) — On Sunday, thousands of cyclists will venture through New York City for the annual TD Five Boro Bike Tour. Riders will begin in Lower Manhattan and follow a 40-mile route through the boroughs that ends on Staten Island. More Local News New Yorkers are encouraged to use public transportation, as MTA Bridges and Tunnels will temporarily close parts of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, and the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel to vehicular traffic. See closures below. Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge There won't be vehicle access to the Staten Island-bound lower level of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge from 12:01 a.m. through 7 p.m. The upper level of the bridge will remain open to traffic in both directions. Other closings at the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge include: A Brooklyn-bound lane on the lower level from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Bay Street exit from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The 92nd Street entrance ramp to the Staten Island-bound lower level from around 12:01 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Belt Parkway entrance ramp to the Staten Island-bound lower level from around 12:01 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Lily Pond Avenue exit from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Robert F. Kennedy Bridge The exit ramp to the southbound FDR Drive will be closed from around 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Southbound exit must exit the RFK via the 2nd Avenue-East 125th Street ramp. Hugh L. Carey Tunnel The approach from the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel to the westbound Gowanus/BQE will be closed from around 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. All traffic exiting the tunnel in Brooklyn will be diverted to Hamilton Avenue. The Trinity Place exit in Manhattan will be closed from around 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Motorists should expect delays and consider alternate routes. Ben Mitchell is a digital content producer from Vermont who has covered both local and international news since 2021. He joined PIX11 in 2024. See more of his work here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Overweight trucks on BQE stretch down 60% with new weight sensors
The number of overweight trucks crossing the creakiest section of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway has been more than halved by the installation of overweight vehicle sensors, city transportation officials announced Tuesday. Beginning in November 2023, the city has used automated sensors on the Queens-bound side of the BQE triple-cantilever in downtown Brooklyn to assess fines to overweight trucks. An analysis of a years worth of data shows that overweight crossings of the triple-cantilever have fallen by 60% since the automated fines began — an average of 3,041 overweight trucks each month, down from 7,920 a month prior to the program beginning. 'I hope our productive partnership with legislative leaders and the Governor to bring weigh-in-motion to New York City, and the results it has yielded, can serve as a national model for other cities and states, including the rest of New York State,' city transportation commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said in a statement. Some 130,000 vehicles traverse the BQE each day, according to city data, a number that includes roughly 13,000 trucks. The route includes the aging triple cantilever structure that skirts Brooklyn Heights — a stacked set of roadways that has long been in need of serious repair. Weight sensors were first installed along the Queens-bound lane of the structure, and were authorized by lawmakers in Albany to interface with license-plate cameras and automatically issue fines to trucks carrying more than the allowable per-axle weight or gross vehicle weight. The DOT had initially planned to install the system on the Staten Island-bound side by the end of 2024, an upgrade officials say is coming this year. But the automated ticket system's authorization is set to expire on December 1. Transportation officials Tuesday called on Albany to re-authorize and expand the program, allowing for it to be used on other sections of road under NYC DOT's auspices. As previously reported, work to overhaul the triple cantilever is expected to begin in 2028.
