Newark Traffic: Parkway Crash North of Exit 149 in Bloomfield Blocks Three Lanes Saturday Evening
A Garden State Parkway southbound crash north of Exit 149 in Bloomfield blocked three of four lanes Saturday evening, and I-280 delays ran westbound through Newark, according to the 511NJ feed.
A crash on the Garden State Parkway southbound, north of Exit 149 for County Route 506 in Bloomfield, blocked three right lanes of four on Saturday evening, according to the 511NJ active-events feed read this cycle, which timestamped the event at 5:14 p.m. The feed also listed Parkway southbound delays from south of Exit 156 for U.S. 46 in Clifton toward Passaic.
Inside Newark, the feed listed delays on Interstate 280 westbound from the Stickel Drawbridge to east of Exit 15 for Route 21, with all lanes open, timestamped 3:11 p.m. Saturday. No fatal or road-closing incident in Newark itself was listed as active in the feed at the time it was read.
The feed also carried the Prudential Center event notice for Disney On Ice presents Spotlight Magic, with a Sunday, Nov. 1 performance at 10:30 a.m. listed — a reminder that arena traffic will mix with Halloween-night traffic downtown through Saturday evening and again on Sunday.
Drivers heading across Essex County on Saturday night should expect the Parkway backup near Bloomfield to be the corridor's main delay, and should check 511NJ before leaving for downtown Newark events.
