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UPDATE: Traffic Alerts: Closings Affect Routes Away From the Storm

Road closures may alter your evacuation plans.

Update, Saturday, 6:20 p.m.- The ramp from Exit 8A (NY Route 119/Saw Mill River Parkway) I-87 to the Saw Mill River Parkway Northbound is closed.

You're fueled up and ready to leave the area. Plan an evacuation route before you hit the road. There are travel advisories in the area that will affect your route.

Overnight there was an advisory of slow traffic headed westward on the Cross Westchester Expressway, I-287  from milepost 7.0 all to I-87, according to New York Thruway Alerts. Congestion will continue as more cars enter the route.

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Officials have also said that there may be closures on I-87 between New York City and Albany, including the Tappan Zee Bridge.

New York area airports and public transportation will be shutting down by midday Saturday. Commercial flights at Westchester County Airport will stop by 6 p.m. today and will not be anticipated to resume until Monday, 3 p.m. according to an official alert. Confirm all flight plans.

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If you're staying in place, be advised the City of Rye has asked permit holders to move their cars out the Highland Avenue lot. 


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