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2 Lanes In Each Direction Shut Down On BQE After Debris Spill

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Four lanes of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway were shut down in Brooklyn Heights Thursday evening after a debris spill.

CBS2 has learned the debris fell onto the expressway on the BQE between Atlantic Avenue and Cadman Plaza.

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Two lanes were closed in each direction. The westbound lanes reopened soon afterward, but two eastbound lanes remained closed as of 8:50 p.m.

The FDNY was on the scene for debris that fell from a truck. There were no reports of transports to hospitals as of 8:50 p.m.

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