VIDEOS: The smoke from the ongoing Bass River State Forest wildfire in Burlington County shut down a portion of the Garden State Parkway for hours Friday morning.
The smoke, as well as dense fog, led to the closure of the parkway between exits 38 and 63 around 5 a.m.
Both sides reopened to traffic more than four hours later.
"Smoke is no longer limiting visibility on the road, so the speed restriction has been lifted," the Parkway tweeted just after 11 a.m.
The wildfire in Bass River Township has reached over 5,000 acres in size and is 50% contained, according to officials.
During a news conference Thursday, officials said they may be working to put out the flames for several days due to the continued warm and dry weather. The fire began on Wednesday.