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Tractor Trailer Rollover Blocks Route 17 South Bound in Upper Saddle River

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photos courtesy of Ramsey Recue

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Upper Saddle River  NJ , Saturday  night around midnight, Upper Saddle River Fire Department responded to Route 17 South in the area of Pleasant Avenue near Jack Daniels for an overturned tractor trailer. The double tractor trailer ran up the grassy side of Rt 17 SB and rolled over blocking all lanes. The tractor trailer was blocking all lanes including both shoulders. Upper Saddle River Fire Department Members stood by while the tow uprighted and removed the vehicle. The incident was cleared without incident, injury, or spills.

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Route 17 Bottleneck Project

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Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco talking to PBS New Jersey’s Brenda Flanagan today about the County’s role in working to advance the Route 17 bottleneck resolution

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Hackensack NJ, the New Jersey Department of Transportation and the County of Bergen have long concluded that Route 17 from Essex Street in Hackensack to the cloverleaf at Garden State Plaza in Paramus need to be widened in order to alleviate traffic congestion in the area . For most commuters and shoppers living in Bergen County this fact has been obvious for a very long time.

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