Driving a semi into Brooklyn, NY.

no, you can run the gsp from eatontown south all the way down to AC. just watch right before lakewood. if the weather is nice, the scale might be open. if you're going north, you have to get off onto 18 to get up toward edison.

you were lucky. farther north there are wicked stone arch bridges you never would have gotten under.

 

You can run it from exit 118 south all they was down.

 

mile marker 105

 

I'll give you guys and gals back there credit for what you do and put up with on the East coast especially NY/NJ...to many twists turns and restrictions to keep up with any more. For me, I will stay happy out West...up and down the I-5, occasionally popping out to ID/UT and NV...really the only restrictions I watch are the two 5's on the I-5...well OK, I cheat some around 59-61 depending on traffic and (patrol) presence!

You all be safe...and as sane as possible!

 

We actually fight over runs to our Brooklyn terminal especially if it involves a stop at one of the Northern New Jersey terminals.. We get metro miles - basically 15 hub miles turns into 40 paid miles. I thought I had a Brooklyn the other night but I was kicked in the shin and smacked over the head with a cave-man club by another driver.. By time I woke up, he was gone getting a healthy dose of metro miles.. OK, that really didn't happen but a lot of us like and want the Brooklyn run when we get em..

 

The 53' rule only applies to the Manhattan Island side of NYC. Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx,Statin Island and Long Island 53's are ok.

If you do get a Manhattan delivery or pick up contact your dispatcher and be absolutely certain that they will pay the fine and make sure you record it if on cell or on your Communications keyboard!

The last truck I measured when the company was "thinking" about a permit that Columbia was 74' long from bumper to bumper! Still a bit longer than the 48' (I think) that's allowed in Manhattan (also known as The City)

good Luck
Rollover

 

Some guys get all the good loads.

 

You're incorrect on the length. NYC is all 5 boroughs, and the max overall length for semis is 55 feet. 53's are permitted on 95 between 287 and 295, on 295 down to 495, and on 495 from 95 to the Nassau border, as long as the tandems are 43ft from the kingpin. The max width is 96" and if you've ever been on surface streets here with a 102" you know why that isn't any fun. Watch the heights too, a lot of city trucks are 12'6" or less. Structures are _usually_ a foot higher than they're marked but you CANNOT bank on that (as I found out last week with a 13'0" trailer approaching a marked 12'2" bridge...shouldve been 13'2" but actually was closer to 12'5" actual height).

Manhattans got its own regs, with trucks over 33ft banned from Midtown and the Financial district, and a bunch of other places, as well as restrictions based on time of day.

So, that tandem axle daycab yanking a 48' is in fact illegal (what I'm driving at the moment). However you're unlikely to get cited unless your trailer says 53' on the side or you're in a sleeper cab with a longish wheelbase... Unless you hit something or get caught under an elevated train line!

Cliffs notes: stay on or as close to the national network as possible, stay OFF parkways as a rule, and don't blindly follow a single axle daycab under a bridge. NYCDOT's website spells it all out, has downloadable PDF maps, free paper foldout maps you can request, and all the regulations you need to see.

 

i spent about 8 hrs one day back in 05 lost as hell in downtown manhattan lookin for a subway sandwich shop!! lol i bet i drove around central park about 15 times. on west side hwy they were doin those make shift truck check points about the 3rd time i came thru they were ribbin me. i was suprised about how much ground you could cover in a big truck (well had a 42' food svc trailer) down there. oh and the clearence signs if i remember correct: yellow are measured at the curb or hub of a truck (you have like an extra 6-12", but white are ACTUAL height. i saw a usx truck lock em up on the interstate while we headed to JFK for a stop.

 

######, I didn't know there were so many Brooklyn natives (even former natives) in here! I used to live on E 26th St and attended James Madison HS. Then went to Kingsborough Community College. But I tell you what, if I ever get lost anywhere around METRO NYC area or metro any place? I would ask the non residents drivers. They actually know the correct street names and actual city blocks and distances. Think I'm kidding?