Madison Avenue closed due to heavy traffic congestion, New York NY


Traffic on Madison Avenue near 53rd to 58th Streets is heavily congested. Authorities are managing the situation by pulling traffic northbound and closing roads to clear vehicles. Bicycles and delivery vehicles are being directed off the route to ease congestion. The closure affects eastbound and westbound traffic on Madison Avenue around 57th Street.
Audio|Source: NYPD Citywide 3
04:18
Transcript:
00:00
Staff 4. I still have a lot of cars on Madison Avenue. I need 57 4 right now.
00:07
105. What location?
00:09
I do 57 in Madison 4, North Dile and I still have a lot of vehicles on the Madison Avenue.
00:15
Okay,
00:17
indeed on there?
00:19
Yeah, I'm out of here.
00:21
I don't see our polls pulling the traffic on Madison.
00:24
They got to pull the traffic.
00:26
Pull it. We're pull it.
00:27
We haven't stopped on 5-3 right now, but we've got to pull those traffic.
00:32
5-3 in Madison, then pull those buses northbound.
00:39
5-3 in Madison. Let's pull the pole.
00:43
Alexander, aren't he?
00:48
Let's get on the air.
00:51
Doctor is up there. Okay, run the air, let's pull those boxes north down.
00:58
5'8 in Madison, not near northbound pull. 580, northbound pull.
01:06
We're doing it, that's a good.
01:09
Personnel 57 in Madison.
01:11
Stop, east and west of 57 pull up on Madison.
01:17
George, pull the charges.
01:20
Goodbye, guys, but bullet north.
01:22
May on MDM.
01:25
Last vehicle is on 5-1 in Madison, so we still got a few more minutes.
01:30
And we still got a few more minutes. I put this control note on there.
01:34
7% percent of my favor.
01:37
You got to make sure we have no bicycles,
01:40
none of these delivery vehicles,
01:42
off the route. I'm getting bicycles coming on the route north on 1st Avenue. You got to tell the people turn them off, get them off, get them off.
01:49
Before.
01:51
That's not your air, though.
01:54
3014, Mdb.m. On the air.
02:00
No.
02:02
5.3 of Madison. Now, pull the topic.
02:04
For the light.
02:05
53 of Madison.
02:07
Fuller, pull it north.
02:10
Pull it north.
02:11
Clear the air, clear the air, please.
02:14
Second sound of all the pulse on Madison Avenue.
02:17
Cut Madison Avenue at 4-9 Street, immediately.
02:23
Are we ready now? Madison Avenue at 4-9, cut it.
02:30
You are marital is already caught at a 5 o.
02:38
TGFUENI, Dennis. Danis B on here, Danny.
02:45
7603.
02:47
7603. Good around 12, 7773, 33, 34,
02:51
33.
02:53
The CLC is blocking the lane.
02:57
5-6 and 57 on Madison you got to pull that north down we need you got to clear that out This is I want to make the right turn of 57th Street in Madison you can't we're so back up on parks in Madison we need the yard of parks in Madison to send the traffic eastbound on 57.
03:24
570 Madison, the city north to 58, send it north to 58.
03:32
Lieutenant George on the air.
03:34
Yeah, I'm pulling right here at the Boston Bridge of 58.
03:39
I don't walk in George here.
03:49
George, just hold that all that up and just keep pulling, pulling, pulling, bused on Adamson, please.
03:54
All right, so if hell,
03:55
it's going to be on 5'5,000 straight at 5'clock.
03:58
The bleed is going to be on 5'5. I'll push it north.
04:03
I read on that.
04:05
Keep on, let's go. We've got two more blockers. Pull them all north.
04:11
All right, let us know. We're holding it on 5'7.
04:14
Keep pulling.
04:15
Keep pulling.
04:17
Thank you.
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