Most major highways in western New York are closed due to hazardous conditions caused by lake-effect storms, including a 105-mile stretch of the Thruway.
State police and the Thruway Authority say Interstate 90 is shut down in both directions between Exit 46 outside Rochester and Exit 59 at Dunkirk. Interstate 190, the Niagara Thruway, is closed southbound from I-290 to I-90.
Routes 219 and 400 in the Buffalo area have also been closed, and Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown has issued a driving ban for the southern sections of the city.
Officials in many of the towns south of Buffalo have issued driving advisories as they deal with clearing roads from a foot to nearly 3 feet of snow that has fallen since Monday evening.
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