The Massachusetts Department of Transportation said it has lowered the speed limit to 40 mph on the Massachusetts Turnpike from the New York border to mile marker 21.
Billerica police said they are responding to crashes at Glad Valley Drive and Lexington Road, on Chelmsford Road and on Salem Road in their town.
Police in Methuen said they are also responding to numerous crashes throughout the city and urged caution on the roads. Traffic alert: officers are responding to numerous car crashes throughout the city. Roads are getting slippery. Please slow down and use extra caution. State police have also restricted specially permitted tractor trailers and tandems on the Mass. Pike between New York and mile marker 55. Mass. DOT has approximately 500 pieces of equipment deployed.
Across the border in New Hampshire, the state Department of Transportation said in a tweet shortly after 5 p.m. that a crash in Nashua had led to the closure of the Everett Turnpike south at Exit 5W. The scene was cleared shortly before 5:30 p.m.
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