New Jersey Traffic Overnight: I-287 Roadwork in Edison, a Turnpike Crash Cleared Near Cranbury, and Bus Detours in Jersey City
Overnight roadwork on I-287 around Edison leads New Jersey's early-Sunday roads, a crash on the Turnpike near Cranbury left all lanes open, and NJ Transit buses are detouring in Jersey City, Leonia and Secaucus.
The heaviest overnight work is on I-287 in Middlesex County. The 511NJ feed lists NJDOT roadwork on I-287 northbound between the New Jersey Turnpike in Edison Township and south of Exit 5, the CR 529 / Stelton Road exit in South Plainfield, and roadwork on I-287 southbound north of the Turnpike in Edison running from midnight Sunday through Monday, November 2. Drivers on the overnight and early-morning runs through the Edison interchange should expect lane work in both directions.
On the New Jersey Turnpike, the Turnpike Authority reported a crash on the Inner Roadway southbound north of Interchange 8, the NJ 33 exit in Cranbury Township, in an update timed 12:46 a.m. - with all lanes open. No official source in the feeds read by this desk confirmed any injury in the crash, and details beyond the location are still coming from officials. Across the Hudson crossings, the Port Authority listed operational activity on the Lincoln Tunnel's South Tube eastbound from the Weehawken toll plaza to the New York side, and construction on the George Washington Bridge Upper Level eastbound.
Bus riders start Sunday on detours. NJ Transit reports route 16 detouring in Jersey City on Pacific Avenue between Caven Point Avenue and Communipaw Avenue for construction, using Communipaw Avenue and Garfield Avenue; route 87 detouring on Monticello Avenue in Jersey City for a local event; routes 166 and 756 detouring in Leonia on Broad Avenue for a local event; and route 320 detouring in Secaucus on Lightning Way for roadwork. Riders should check their route's alert before heading out.
