Traffic Headaches On George Washington Bridge [VIDEO]

The delays that didn't materialize Monday or Tuesday morning on the George Washington Bridge because of a road project on the Alexander Hamilton Bridge in New York began to snarl traffic on Tuesday afternoon thanks to a tractor trailer that lost its load.

There were no major delays across the GWB on Monday morning despite concern for miles of slow traffic approaching the bridge from New Jersey.

The truck lost its load under the Port Authority bus terminal on Tuesday afternoon, closing two lanes inbound on the upper level.

The lower level only has 1 lane available due to the construction meaning there were delays of up to 90 minutes leaving New Jersey.

Described as the New York State's largest single-contract project ever with a price tag of $407million, the work is expected to cause delays of at least 5 miles approaching the GWB with works scheduled for 24 hours a day until the end of 2013.

With lanes taken on GWB's lower deck, multiple lanes of traffic will be reduced to just one on the approach to the Alexander Hamilton Bridge. The upper deck of the bridge is unaffected for through traffic.