Tractor-Trailer Filled With Empty Cans Hits King Street Bridge

RYE BROOK, NY — The King Street Bridge on the Hutchinson River Parkway was hit Tuesday by a tractor-trailer filled with empty beverage cans.

The incident occurred around 11:30 a.m. according to 511ny.org. As of 3 p.m. Tuesday both northbound lanes were blocked.

The Rye Brook Police Department posted photos on its Facebook page of the aftermath of the bridge strike, showing the roof of the trailer sheered off and thousands of soda cans strew all over the roadway.

Police told Patch the cans were empty and being taken for recycling.

The King Street Bridge is known for being hit by trucks more times than any other bridge in New York.

In July, Westchester County Executive George Latimer said the number of bridge strikes at that location continued to decline in 2020, with only two trucks hitting the bridge in the first half of the year.

There were a total of eight bridge strikes at King Street in 2019 and 24 in 2018.

Between 2008 and 2018, the bridge was struck 130 times.

The state initiated mitigation projects, completed in the summer of 2019, including an over-height vehicle detection system in advance of the bridge as well as additional warnings on the face of the bridge and more signage along Interstate 287 to keep trucks from getting onto the parkway in the first place.

Commercial vehicles are prohibited on state parkways, including the Hutch.

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