Three giant radio towers alongside the New Jersey Turnpike are due to come down this morning. Police in Lyndhurst have approved the demolition, after halting an earlier planned demolition in September. Police had cited safety concerns and the possibility some people might confuse the demolition with a terrorist attack.
The 700-foot tall towers are owned by WOR (710 kHz) and have been a landmark on the turnpike for more than 40 years. The station says the towers will come down at around 11 this morning (1600 UTC), after one of the wires that anchors the structure is loosened. The station’s signal is now broadcast from a new set of towers and transmitter a half-mile north in Rutherford.
