Out-of-state trucks line up outside Taunton salt depot [View all]

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Trucks line up to wait for loads of salt, while others exit the Cushman Street salt yards in Taunton Friday morning.

Out-of-state trucks line up outside Taunton salt depot

TAUNTON — For the many dozens of truck drivers, who for two days straight have lined up on Taunton's Cushman Street, rock salt is worth its weight in gold.

This winter's cold temperatures and icy conditions have resulted in a general shortage of rock salt throughout the country's entire northeast.

As a result, drivers from New York, Connecticut and other states have been flocking to Taunton since Thursday to load up on rock salt that arrives via rail from a huge salt mine just south of Rochester, N.Y.

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He said just one in three of the trucks coming to Taunton are from New England. The rest are from trucking companies serving the Tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.