Newsletter BOX: News12 Bronx News Brief - Hutchinson River Parkway Bridge shuts down for weeklong repairs

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

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	Repairs cause major detour on the Hutch Drivers are in for a weeklong traffic nightmare as crews shut down the Hutchinson River Parkway Bridge for repairs. Vehicles traveling on the Hutch in either direction will be detoured near Exit 7 onto local roads through the Bronx to I-95.

	'Carmageddon' sets in on GWB A so-called "carmageddon" has begun for driver heading across the George Washington Bridge. The Port Authority shut down three out of four New Jersey-bound lanes on the bridge's upper deck during the overnight hours through the end of the year.

	Bronx group demands speed bump at busy corner Residents in Bronx Park East are calling on the city to help slow down drivers near one busy intersection. The Bronx Park East Community Association wants the Department of Transportation (DOT) to put in a speed bump at Cruger Avenue and Boston Road, which is near two schools and a senior center.

	Defiant A-Rod gets 211-game ban, will appeal case Alex Rodriguez was suspended through 2014 and All-Stars Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta and Everth Cabrera were banned 50 games apiece Monday when Major League Baseball disciplined 13 players in a drug case - the most sweeping punishment since the Black Sox scandal nearly a century ago.

	Multiple pedestrians struck by car on Boston Road Multiple pedestrians were hit by a car at Corsa Avenue and Boston Road this evening, and at least three people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Police received a call shortly before 7 p.m. for a crash at 3477 Boston Road. Two people were treated and released at the scene.