The reduced service was due to track damage near Beacon caused by a freight train with mechanical problems.
All lanes in both directions are closed until further notice.
Traffic was backed up for miles and thick, black smoke could be seen from even farther away as firefighters battled the flames.
BREAKING.
Fares for four routes will be waived through the end of March.
Police found a body in a car upside down in a retention pond off Route 17.
The bridge authority said it retains the right to temporarily close the pathway due to weather, safety and/or maintenance.
Motorists are advised to plan their trips accordingly.
The closures will, of course, be weather permitting.
The state will be replacing a water main, weather permitting.
There will be a posted detour for motorists to follow, the DOT said.
A gas main will be installed, the DOT says.
Weather permitting, the road will close beginning Tuesday, Sept. 27.
Motorists are urged to slow down and drive responsibly in work zones.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said buses will replace midday weekday trains and all weekend trains.
The Passaic, New Jersey resident was driving 10 passengers including a 4-year-old in a vehicle that can hold 6, New York State police said.
It was carrying workers back to NYC from the company's distribution warehouse in Orange County.
The purpose of the closure is to facilitate bridge maintenance, weather permitting.
The work, weather permitting, will mean closing one lane of Route 32.
MTA e-Tix users will have an automatic update to the TrainTime app, but Metro-North and LIRR app users will have to make switch mid-August.
The workers saw a flipped yellow school bus, opened its emergency windows and doors and pulled 37 people out, according to the agency.
The 33-year-old truck driver who was killed in the dramatic Monday morning crash has been identified by police.
A truck driver is dead after slamming into Junior's Lounge on Salt Point Turnpike Monday morning, reports say.
BREAKING. There are reports that a vehicle has overturned.
The DOT said the closures are necessary to facilitate guiderail replacement.
The work will involve the intersection of Route 21 and Smith and Maloney roads.
The span between Poughkeepsie and Highland is the last of the New York State Bridge Authority bridges to eliminate toll booths.
Police said the tractor-trailer rear-ended a passenger vehicle which started a chain reaction with two other cars.
The MTA PD Canine Training Center (CTC) in Dutchess County trains one of the largest canine explosives detection forces in the U.S.
The heavily traveled triangular intersection is next to the Hudson Valley Regional Airport.
Police said they don't know yet why the man's truck went off the road.
The state police said the man drove into oncoming traffic for unknown reasons.
Two people were taken to the hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
Next up for cashless tolling will be the Mid-Hudson Bridge.
There will also be service changes for the long weekend, the MTA said.
The span is the third in the mid-Hudson Valley to eliminate toll booths.
Police said the cow left the scene of the accident.
Police said the incident began with a report of an erratic driver.
Police said the fatal crash happened in the southbound lane of Route 42 in Orange County.
The work will be done in Dutchess County, weather permitting.