Traffic & Transit
Crane Removed Sign That Closed SB I-684 Sunday: UPDATE
A pickup truck hit the support for an overhead sign on the highway so hard that the structure had to be removed.
UPDATE: Southbound I-684 reopened in Bedford at 8 p.m., about 15 hours after a crash closed it just north of the Route 35 overpass.
The New York State Department of Transportation had to remove the Katonah/Cross River overhead sign because the damage to it was so severe. The crash occurred at about 5 a.m. A crane arrive to take down the whole structure at about 4 p.m.
BEDFORD, NY — I-684 is closed southbound, New York State police announced at 7:10 a.m. A crash that also included injuries involved an overhead sign structure that could collapse.
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Troop K - LANE CLOSURE: All lanes S/B I-684 MPM 18 closed due to a PIAA that struck an overhead sign structure. ETA to reopen unknown. S/B traffic detoured at Exit 8, to NY 22 to NY 35 and back onto I-684 T/ Bedford, Westchester Co.
— NewYorkStatePolice (@nyspolice) October 21, 2018
Katonah - I-684 S/B IAO Rt 35 NYSP requesting all 3 lanes shut down overhead sign possible collapse hazard | kempter
— NYS EMERGENCY (@NYSEMERGENCY) October 21, 2018
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