Traffic flowing again after hours-long closure of Piscataqua River Bridge

Published: Aug 28, 2024 Duration: 00:01:11 Category: News & Politics

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JUST REOPENED ABOUT 2.5 HOURS AGO. RAY. YEAH. THAT'S CORRECT. ERIN. WE'LL GIVE YOU A LIVE LOOK AT THE BRIDGE AND YOU CAN SEE ONCE AGAIN THAT TRAFFIC IS FLOWING. BUT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. DRIVERS HEADING NORTH ON I-95 IN PORTSMOUTH FOUND STATE POLICE BLOCKING THE WAY BEFORE THE BRIDGE. 95 SOUTHBOUND IN MAINE ALSO SHUT DOWN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR MUCH OF THE MORNING. TRAFFIC WAS BEING DIVERTED AT EXIT SEVEN. FLOODING MARKET STREET WITH TRACTOR TRAILERS ALONG WITH COMMUTERS AND PERHAPS SOME PEOPLE GETTING AN EARLY START ON THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THE TRAFFIC SLOWING TO A CRAWL AS DRIVERS WAITED TO TAKE A RIGHT TO GET ON THE SARAH LONG BRIDGE AND CONTINUE NORTH. IT WASN'T JUST ON THIS SIDE OF THE RIVER WHERE THERE WERE PROBLEMS. THIS DRONE VIDEO FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING SHOWS THE BACKUP ON 95 SOUTHBOUND IN MAINE. THE BACKUPS, STRETCHING FOR MILES AS TRAFFIC WAS BEING SHUTTLED OFF, SHUTTLED OFF THE HIGHWAY JUST BEFORE THE BRIDGE. NOW, AS YOU TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT THE SARAH LONG BRIDGE THAT SERVED ONCE AGAIN AS THE MAJOR CONNECTION BETWEEN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE EARLIER THIS MORNING, YOU CAN SEE REALLY NO PROBLEMS WITH THE TRAFFIC. TRAFFIC FLOWING NORMALLY ONCE AGAIN. REPORTING

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