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Trash-Toting Tractor-Trailer Tips On Route 46 Ramp

A trash-hauling tractor-trailer tipped Friday on the Route 46 ramp to the New Jersey Turnpike and Route 80 in Ridgefield Park.

Trash heap.

Trash heap.

 Photo Credit: Jerry DeMarco
Landfill

Landfill

 Photo Credit: Jerry DeMarco
Westbound Route 46 traffic stretched for miles as heavy-duty wreckers righted the rig on the ramp to Route 80 and the NJ Turnpike in Ridgefield Park.

Westbound Route 46 traffic stretched for miles as heavy-duty wreckers righted the rig on the ramp to Route 80 and the NJ Turnpike in Ridgefield Park.

 Photo Credit: Robin Jacobsen-Kelly for DAILY VOICE
Jerry DeMarco

The driver escaped serious injury, responders said.

Heavy wreckers were needed to right the rig, which dumped its load on the side of the roadway.

The westbound ramp from Route 46 was closed while workers offloaded the trash into a roll-off dumpster and heavy-duty wreckers righted and removed the rig.

Westbound traffic was backed up for miles.

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