STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — An army of trucks and tractor-trailers descended on Staten Island Thursday morning, causing a traffic nightmare in the vicinity of the Goethals Bridge, impacting the Staten Island Expressway and the West Shore Expressway as well as access and service roads in the area.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey initially issued a traffic alert just after 7 a.m. warning of “heavy truck traffic” on the Staten Island Expressway at the Forest Avenue/Gulf Avenue exits.
The Goethals Bridge to NY has delays due to heavy truck traffic on I-278/Staten Island Expressway at Forest/Gulf Avenue Exits. Updates are posted when situations change.
— Goethals Bridge (@PANYNJ_GB) May 8, 2025
Online traffic trackers showed the worst delays coming from New Jersey over the Goethals Bridge and Outerbridge Crossing…