ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – A wave of severe traffic disruptions swept across New Jersey on Monday evening, with flooding closing down a major highway in Egg Harbor Township and crashes clogging up key routes from the Turnpike to the George Washington Bridge during the height of rush hour.

All lanes of US Route 40 west of the Atlantic City Expressway were shut down as of 5:48 p.m. due to heavy flooding, making the road completely impassable in both directions. The closure left drivers stranded and forced major detours just as commuter volume hit its peak.

Compounding the chaos, a crash at 5:51 p.m. on NJ Route 3 eastbound near the Garden State Parkway in Clifton blocked two of four lanes, intensifying delays in the already congested corridor.

Further south, a crash on NJ Route 42 northbound nea

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