By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog
Turnpike craziness isn’t anything new, Save Jerseyans, but it isn’t ordinary for the entire darn thing to back up! But a dump truck fire and possible resulting infrastructure damage have left traffic stopped (not snarled or slowed… STOPPED) at Exit 13 of the nation’s most heavily-congested stretch of interstate:
Tpk diversions to remain for a while as overpass is assessed. Expect delays thru evening rush. pic.twitter.com/IRl2hfHW6t
— NJSP – State Police (@NJSP) August 4, 2015
BREAKING: Truck fire has NJ Turnpike CLOSED in both directions near exit 13A in #Linden #nbc4ny pic.twitter.com/j9r7HAaX1S
— Steven Bognar (@Bogs4NY) August 4, 2015
WATCH LIVE: #NewsCopter7 over truck fire on #NJTurnpike in #Linden: http://t.co/Dq3FE2JHKy pic.twitter.com/7KUZ7r3CNy
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) August 4, 2015
The resulting sights and sounds are… unusual:
Lounging on the NJ Turnpike. Making the best of it waiting out the crash in Linden NJ #Linden pic.twitter.com/udEbOacwrh
— NYC State of Mind (@NYC_stateofmind) August 4, 2015
@News12NJ People playing baseball on the turnpike while waiting out the crash in Linden NJ #Linden pic.twitter.com/jZrLiZxXZJ
— NYC State of Mind (@NYC_stateofmind) August 4, 2015
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