2 Local Highways Ranked Among The Worst For Truck Bottlenecks

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Chances are drivers who spend any time traveling near the junction of I-95 and I-287 in Rye or on I-287 near the Cuomo Bridge in Nyack have spent a lot of time staring at the back of a truck.

It won't come as much of a surprise that both stretches of highway are among the top 100 worst for truck bottlenecks, according to a just released report from the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI). The highway in Rye was ranked the 17th worst, according to the "Top 100 Truck Bottlenecks 2022 Report." The Nyack section of I-287 near the Mario Cuomo Bridge, meanwhile, was ranked 74th worst for tractor-trailer congestion.

"ATRI’s bottleneck list is a roadmap for federal and state administrators responsible for prioritizing infrastructure investments throughout the country," American Trucking Associations President CEO Chris Spear said in a statement announcing the release of this year's report. "Every year, ATRI’s list highlights the dire needs for modernizing and improving our roads and bridges. We have seen, most recently in Pittsburgh, that the cost of doing nothing could also cost lives. It’s time to fund these projects and get our supply chains moving again."

The analysis, based on truck GPS data from over 1 million freight trucks, used customized software applications and analysis methods, along with terabytes of data from trucking operations to produce a congestion impact ranking for each location. The bottleneck locations in the new ATRI list represent the top 100 congested locations.

In all, there were six roads in New York named in the report. The top 100 list included:

• I-95 at I-287 in Rye (#17)
• I-278 at Belt Parkway in Brooklyn (#20)
• I-495 in Queens (#31)
• I-678 in the Bronx (#39)
• I-495 at Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset (#73)
• I-287 in Nyack (#74)

For the fourth year in a row, the intersection of I-95 and SR 4 in Fort Lee, New Jersey is the number one truck bottleneck in the country.

The rest of the Top 10 includes, in order:

• Cincinnati: I-71 at I-75
• Houston: I-45 at I-69/US 59
• Atlanta: I-285 at I-85 (North)
• Atlanta: I-20 at I-285 (West)
• Chicago: I-290 at I-90/I-94
• Los Angeles: SR 60 at SR 57
• Dallas: I-45 at I-30
• San Bernardino, California: I-10 at I-15
• Chattanooga, Tennessee: I-75 at I-24

Access to the full report, including detailed information on each of the 100 top congested locations, can be found on the ATRI website.