Downed Utility Pole, Wires Close Route 37 In Toms River

TOMS RIVER, NJ — Traffic is shut down on Route 37 westbound on Friday afternoon after a utility pole and wires came down on the road.

Information on what brought the pole down was not immediately available.

There was no word on injuries.

The closure was snarling traffic on the southbound lanes of the Garden State Parkway, as drivers were blocked from Exit 82A to go west on Route 37.

Traffic also was stopped intermittently on the eastbound side of Route 37, though it wasn't entirely clear from the NJ Department of Transportation's video feed what was prompting the closure.

Eastbound traffic on Route 37 was getting by in one lane as of 4:20 p.m.