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Syracuse, NY – President Joe Biden’s departure from Syracuse will close a five-mile stretch of Interstate 81 North for the late afternoon commute Thursday.
I-81 North will be closed from I-690 to the Syracuse Airport exit for around an hour.
The road was scheduled to be closed from 2:45 to 3:45 pm, state police had said. But Biden ran late and the motorcade did not leave downtown Syracuse until around 4:15 pm
I-81 Southbound near Cicero was backed up with near standstill traffic shortly after the president arrived. The traffic – which was exacerbated by construction in the area – has since cleared.
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