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Some Throgs Neck Bridge lanes reopen after fire

Fire investigators are probing what sparked a blaze beneath the deck of the Throgs Neck Bridge that burned for 10 hours Friday among timbers, plastic gutter rings and paint chemicals, forcing the bridge's closure and causing one of the longest and most wide-ranging traffic jams in recent memory. By Friday evening, the bridge - a vital connection between Queens and the Bronx, used especially by truck...

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