Effective Saturday, January 20, 2018, semi-trailers that qualify as: up to 73-1/2 feet in total length, not exceeding a total weight of 90,000 pounds, and carrying sealed shipping containers will be allowed to utilize a specified route without daily over-dimensional permits from NYCDOT, as was previously required. This rule provides a clearly defined, safe route for drivers to haul sealed containers to and from Global Container Terminal New York (GCTNY). Truck drivers are advised to drive at a reduced speed limit of 10 MPH while exclusively using a specified network of highways and streets per the illustration provided.  Trucks must be on a trip thatRead More →

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The eastbound lanes of the Goethals Bridge will be closed Monday, April 17, starting at 10 p.m. for emergency road repairs. The bridge will reopen Tuesday, April 18, at 5 a.m. The westbound lanes will remain open throughout this period. The closure is required to address pavement deterioration at several locations on the eastbound lanes of the bridge. The Bayonne Bridge and Outerbridge Crossing will remain open and serve as alternate routes during the closure of the eastbound Goethals Bridge lanes. To receive real time traffic updates, travelers should register for the Port Authority’s Bridge and Tunnel Alerts at http://www.paalerts.com/, call 511 or visit www.511NY.orgRead More →

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The New Jersey-bound lanes of the Goethals Bridge will close from 10 p.m. Thursday, December 8 until 5 a.m. Friday, December 9 for emergency repairs to two drainage catch basins on the Staten Island side of the bridge. The Bayonne Bridge and Outerbridge Crossing will remain open Thursday as alternate routes. Thursday night’s scheduled closure of the Bayonne Bridge has been canceled.  The Port Authority also will be providing alerts to the public on the Thursday night Goethals Bridge closure through its electronic Bridge and Tunnel Alerts system, the 511 system, variable message signs on area roadways and in coordination with partner agencies and mobileRead More →

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To accommodate Port Authority construction on the Goethals Bridge Replacement Project, Exit 13 of the New Jersey Turnpike will be closed to southbound traffic during the following hours tonight (Thursday 11/3), Friday night (11/4), and Saturday night (11/5): From 7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 3 through 5 a.m. Friday, November 4 From 7:30 p.m. Friday through 6 a.m. Saturday, November 5 From 9:30 p.m. Saturday through 6 a.m. Sunday, November 6 During these times, signs will direct southbound drivers on the New Jersey Turnpike to detours at Exit 13A and Exit 12. Northbound traffic on the turnpike will not be affected. Traffic across the Goethals BridgeRead More →

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During Columbus Day weekend, the Goethals Bridge will be closed overnight on Friday, October 7 into the following morning, with travel diverted the remainder of the three-day weekend on connecting roads on Staten Island, N.Y.  The lane closures and diversions, part of the Port Authority’s ongoing Goethals Bridge Replacement Project, will allow the demolition and replacement of the Travis Spur Rail Bridge that carries Conrail trains over Interstate 278 in Staten Island, immediately west of the Goethals Bridge toll plaza. The replacement project will allow expansion of the roadway approaching the Goethals Bridge from four lanes (two eastbound and two westbound) to six lanes, threeRead More →

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