{"id":116251,"date":"2026-01-29T12:19:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T12:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/116251\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T12:19:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T12:19:23","slug":"verrazzano-narrows-bridge-crash-blocks-lanes-thursday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/116251\/","title":{"rendered":"Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge crash blocks lanes Thursday morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"articleLabel__link\" class=\"articleLabel__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/crime-safety\/\" title=\"Navigate to Crime &amp; Safety\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime &amp; Safety<\/a>Updated: Jan. 29, 2026, 7:17 a.m.|Published: Jan. 29, 2026, 6:54 a.m.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" alt=\"Delays on Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/UTZ7YYHWERHT3KPVD7MAGK3CN4.png\"  \/>A crash on the lower level of the Brooklyn-bound Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge is causing delays on the Staten Island Expressway on the morning of Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026.(511NY)<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"K5BINC67RBFXPOVZX2KXEQ6Q5Y\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Delays are reported on the Brooklyn-bound Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and the New Jersey-bound Staten Island Expressway early in the Thursday morning rush hour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2OFIXIS65RF47ALZOCM73LCAWM\">A crash is reported on the lower level of the span and two lanes are blocked during the emergency response, according to an alert from the MTA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"HMAZ24Q4M5E7FFE7OPVJCEL4YM\">A disabled tractor-trailer truck is reported on the New Jersey-bound Staten Island Expressway near Richmond Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"POW34OIYRJCYDOQ3OLB3MJD4IQ\">During the emergency response, two right lanes are blocked, according to 511NY.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sunrise over Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/KUDGIU53SJCGXEC63RRZYAQFAI.jpeg\"  \/>The sun rises over the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge on the morning of Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026.(Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<\/p>\n<p>I try to provide timely information that Staten Islanders want and need to know about in their neighborhoods. Most of my stories are about crimes that affect the quality of life on Staten Island. How drug&#8230; more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crime &amp; SafetyUpdated: Jan. 29, 2026, 7:17 a.m.|Published: Jan. 29, 2026, 6:54 a.m.A crash on the lower level&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-116251","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}