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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Officials say the entire length of the New York State Thruway is open again following last week's snowstorm.
The last closed exit reopened today. All Thruway service plazas are also open now.
More than 80 snowbound vehicles have been towed from the highway to three lots. Drivers can find out where to pick up their vehicles at the Thruway website (www.thruway.ny.gov ).
A 132-mile stretch of the highway from Rochester to the Pennsylvania line was shut down when a storm dumped 7 feet or more of snow on parts of western New York. More than 150 vehicles were stranded, including many tractor-trailers and several buses.
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APPHOTO NYBUE306: An abandoned car is piled high with snow on Thruway between Walden Ave. and Ridge Rd. in Cheektowaga, N.Y., Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. State officials say the Thruway will stay closed in the Buffalo area for the duration of a lake-effect storm that has dumped 6 feet of snow since Tuesday and is expected to bring a couple more feet through Thursday. (AP Photo/The Buffalo News, Sharon Cantillon) TV OUT; MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT; BATAVIA DAILY NEWS OUT; DUNKIRK OBSERVER OUT; JAMESTOWN POST-JOURNAL OUT; LOCKPORT UNION-SUN JOURNAL OUT; NIAGARA GAZETTE OUT; OLEAN TIMES-HERALD OUT; SALAMANCA PRESS OUT; TONAWANDA NEWS OUT (19 Nov 2014)
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APPHOTO NYBUE122: Trucks sit at a closed New York State Thruway entrance in Hamburg, N.Y., on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. A ferocious lake-effect storm left the Buffalo area buried under 6 feet of snow Wednesday, trapping people on highways and in homes, and another storm expected to drop 2 to 3 feet more was on its way. (AP Photo/The Buffalo News, Harry Scull Jr.) TV OUT; MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT; BATAVIA DAILY NEWS OUT; DUNKIRK OBSERVER OUT; JAMESTOWN POST-JOURNAL OUT; LOCKPORT UNION-SUN JOURNAL OUT; NIAGARA GAZETTE OUT; OLEAN TIMES-HERALD OUT; SALAMANCA PRESS OUT; TONAWANDA NEWS OUT (19 Nov 2014)
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