BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The state Thruway Authority is banning trucks from traveling west on Interstate 90 in western New York because of treacherous driving conditions caused by lake-effect snow storms.
Westbound commercial traffic is banned beyond Buffalo and is being diverted off the highway Friday at Exit 46 outside Rochester. Trucks are directed to take I-390 south to I-86 west along the New York's Southern Tier.
The ban comes after storms that dumped more than 2 feet of snow on the Buffalo area shifted south of the city.
The National Weather Service says storms that began on Wednesday along lakes Erie and Ontario have dumped up to 32 inches in western and central New York.
Forecasters say some parts of the Tug Hill east of Lake Ontario could get up to 5 feet of snow by the time the storms diminish Sunday.
