Update: Western portion of NY Thruway closed, commercial vehicle ban expands due to lake effect snow

Update: Late Friday night, the Thruway banned all commercial traffic in both directions from Exit 46 (Rochester – Corning – I-390) to the Pennsylvania state line until further notice.
Update: As of about 7:45 p.m., the New York State Thruway has banned all commercial vehicles in both directions from Exit 46 (Rochester – Corning – I-390) to the Pennsylvania line until further notice.
Below is the original story:
A portion of the state Thruway, also called Interstate 90, is closed near the western border with Pennsylvania as heavy lake effect snow keeps falling Friday evening.
As of about 5:30 p.m., the westbound side of the Thruway was closed from Exit 57 at Hamburg, according to the state authority.
That means all drivers headed west are being forced off at Exit 57, about 60 miles from the state’s western border with Pennsylvania.
Earlier this afternoon, the state had closed the Thruway from Exit 59 at Dunkirk, about 30 miles from the state line. The Pennsylvania side of I-90 is also closed.
The Thruway is asking all motorists to avoid the Thruway west of Lackawanna.
A state of emergency has been called in 11 counties in Western and Northern New York as intense and potentially dangerous bands of lake effect snow begin to move into those areas today.
Here is the forecast from the National Weather Service as of about 4 p.m. Friday:
Latest models show Watertown could get as much as 70 inches through Monday.
Earlier today, Gov. Kathy Hochul said New York had banned empty and tandem commercial vehicles from key roadways in Western New York, including part of the Thruway.
The ban includes: