New Airmont ramp opens
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- August
- 31
So there I was, heading up the right lane of the westbound Thruway last evening, approaching Exit 14B at Airmont Road.
It was about 8:15, but even at that hour on the Thursday ahead of a long weekend, there was pretty good traffic. Up ahead I could see the usual line of cars waiting for the light to change to make a left onto Airmont Road.
I moved to the right, deciding to take the back route home. I’d make a right onto Airmont, a left onto Montebello and then pick up Hemion Road to get out to Route 59 for the last short hop into downtown Suffern.
But that’s when I realized the ramp was three lanes across and that I was actually in a new left turn lane.
The ramp’s been undergoing construction for a few months now, widening the roadway to allow for better flow from the Thruway onto Airmont Road, especially at peak hours.
For a while the traffic lights had been in place, but covered with plastic.
Then last night—at least that’s when I noticed it—the new configuration was in use.
The far left lane turns left; the far right lane turns right; and in the middle there’s a second turn lane from which you can also go straight ahead, which would put you right back on the northbound Thruway.
Across the bridge over the Thruway, the new, wider southbound ramp has been in use for a month or more.
Now there’s smoother going in both directions.
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on Friday, August 31st, 2007 at 1:02 pm by Bob Baird.
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There are now also two left turn lanes from Airmont Road southbound onto the Thruway southbound.
So, though you should always stop on red before making a turn, (coming from Airmont Road northbound) you super-gotta watch out for cars turning into either/both of the Thruway southbound on-ramp lanes.