Numbers Arrive For New Year's Eve Celebration In Times Square

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Times Square is getting ready for the big New Year's Eve celebration.

The numbers "one" and "seven" in 2017 arrived on a flatbed truck Thursday.

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The giant 7-foot tall numbers were also tested before being installed on top of One Times Square.

There are 496 LED light bulbs in total on the numbers.