LITTLE FALLS, N.Y. (AP) – A tractor-trailer carrying a hazardous load rolled over early Thursday on the New York State Thruway, forcing officials to close a 60-mile stretch of roadway for nearly six hours.

Sgt. Brian Colville said the closure happened after 16 barrels of dichloral methane, a paint stripper, spilled near the Iroquois Travel Plaza just east of Exit 29-A at Little Falls.

Hazardous material crews cleaned up spillage from two barrels that began leaking, and one lane of the superhighway reopened just before noon, officials said. The other lane was opened around 4 p.m. to ease the rush-hour commute.