{"id":230943,"date":"2026-05-14T02:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T02:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/230943\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T02:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T02:50:07","slug":"news-12-bronx-george-washington-bridge-lower-level-closed-indefinitely-after-debris-falls-on-cross-bronx-expresswaybxbk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/230943\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | George Washington Bridge Lower Level Closed Indefinitely After Debris Falls On Cross Bronx Expresswaybxbk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The westbound lanes of the George Washington Bridge\u2019s lower level will be closed indefinitely after debris fell from the ceiling onto a westbound lane of the Cross-Bronx Expressway.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The incident happened around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill said she has been briefed on the reports.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">\u201cThe Port Authority is investigating the incident and will undertake any necessary repairs immediately,\u201d Sherrill said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">All westbound lanes leading to the bridge\u2019s lower level are shut down until the roadway is determined to be safe.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">RELATED: <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/hudsonvalley.news12.com\/2026\/05\/10\/car-damaged-by-falling-debris-on-cross-bronx-expressway\/QqBdLj9jhvVzQJ39Vh2nF\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Car damaged by falling debris on Cross Bronx Expressway<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says the lanes would remain closed through the Wednesday evening commute.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Officials said they received an incident report around 8:30 a.m. and have not released details about what caused the debris to fall.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Travelers heading to the 181st Street exit are being directed to the Jerome Avenue and Major Deegan exits, officials said. The 181st Street exit is closed as of Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The Port Authority says they will complete temporary repairs overnight and will reopen by morning rush hour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The westbound lanes of the George Washington Bridge\u2019s lower level will be closed indefinitely after debris fell from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-230943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230943","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=230943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}