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NYC and the BQE, Cross Bronx, ETC

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by jeff1981, Dec 1, 2011.

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  1. Dec 1, 2011 #1
    jeff1981

    jeff1981 Light Load Member

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    Attention Please! YOU WILL FIT UNDER THE OVERPASS!

    I just want to make that clear. The other day heading in to NYC I watched a truck lock up all his brakes and come to a dead stop in the middle of the road... NOT COOL GUY!

    They mark the bridges strangely, but a 13'6" trailer will go under em.
     
    jeff1981, Dec 1, 2011
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  3. Dec 1, 2011 #2
    Tanker Hauler

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    I have seen the same thing, if there was any questioning it, stay in the center lane after you get over the GW bridge.
     
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  4. Dec 1, 2011 #3
    Brandonpdx

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    I saw guy knock the top off his trailer in Long Island City one morning on my way to work. One of those low railroad overpasses off a side street. This guy must been must have been a little too fresh because it was pretty obvious it was too low for 13'6" clearance even if it wasn't marked.

    Yeah BQE and Cross Bronx are interstate routes (I-278 and I-95). Those have to be 13'6" minimum.
     
    Brandonpdx, Dec 1, 2011
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  5. Dec 2, 2011 #4
    25(2)+2

    25(2)+2 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    The BQE has an exclusion area, where most trucks are prohibited, and need to run parallel on Astoria boulevard, I believe, the stretch can be avoided by running the 495(Long Island Expressway) east and crossing the sound via the Bronx-Whitestone.The exclusion is marked on the NYC trucking map, I have the 2010 version now. I have never had the occasion to run the GW eastbound, always go to Brooklyn first, so far.

    My friends call Goethals the G. I'll check this when I get home and correct if needed.
     
    25(2)+2, Dec 2, 2011
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  7. Dec 2, 2011 #5
    bubba mark

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    Actually you can run a truck all the way across the BQE. There are signs all over the place right by the Brooklyn Bride but just stay to the left and you will be ok. I do it all the time along with a ton of other drivers.
     
    bubba mark, Dec 2, 2011
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  8. Dec 2, 2011 #6
    truckfam

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    We locked it up and detoured with an over-sized load twice.

    Now they've raised the tolls on the bridges again, we won't haul anything. The roads suck and the tolls are outrageous.

    New York can kiss our ###.
     
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  9. Dec 2, 2011 #7
    25(2)+2

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    Alright, bubba mark, you run the Grand Central Pkwy with a 13'6" 18. The exclusion, according to the map, is exit 44 onto Astoria Blvd, North and get back on the 278. to cross the RFK.

    I don't do it enough to know what not to believe on the map. I have been warned off pkwys by locals.
     
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  10. Dec 2, 2011 #8
    Hardlyevr

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    You are NOT supposed to be on any of the Parkways with a truck.
     
    Hardlyevr, Dec 2, 2011
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    25(2)+2 Thanks this.
  11. Dec 2, 2011 #9
    rogueunh

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    Can't take a truck on the Parkways.

    To the OP, what do you mean they are marked "strangely"???
     
    rogueunh, Dec 2, 2011
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  12. Dec 2, 2011 #10
    bubba mark

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    No stay off the Parkway. I was talking about the BQE. That's 278. If you need to get over to the island you can take 278 to 495 which is the LIE. But no stay off the parkways.


    I forgot to add 278 runs back into 87. Grand Central pkwy is a completely different road.
     
    bubba mark, Dec 2, 2011
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