Commuter alert: Motorcycle crash caused rush-hour delays on Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge

Orono bridge closure surprises commuters with 45-minute delays

Ben King took his typical commute across the Main Street bridge in Orono to his job at the University of Maine on Monday. But when he attempted to drive back to his house in Orono, he couldn’t get across the bridge. King was one of many residents who waited in a 45-minute delay to get over the Stillwater River because construction work has partly closed the Brandon M. Silk Memorial Bridge. Now he avoids taking the 4.6-mile detour down College Av…

Commuter alert: Motorcycle crash caused rush-hour delays on Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Congestion on the Staten Island Expressway Brooklyn bound backed up onto the Goethals Bridge at the height of the Thursday morning rush hour.