Route 9W in Haverstraw open both ways after fuel spill cleanup
Photo credit: Leslie Barbaro | A Town of Haverstraw police car is seen in this file photo. (May 31, 2012)
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Both lanes of Route 9W in Haverstraw were open again as of 3:30 p.m. Friday, more than eight hours after a fuel spill closed a three-mile stretch of the roadway, town police Chief Charles Miller said.
The southbound lane had reopened shortly after 11 a.m.
At least 50 gallons of oil were spilled by a tractor trailer shortly after 7 a.m., closing the road from Route 202 to Route 304.
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