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Traffic Watch: Your morning commute on Dec. 5, 2017

Here’s what you might see on your Tuesday morning commute.

Traffic across the Green and DeSoto bridges has slowed to a crawl and State Road 70 at U.S. 301 is showing back up as well.

Traffic maps also show a major slow down in the area of State Road 64 and Interstate 75.

Interstate 75

  • Crash in southbound lanes at mile marker 211, Sarasota, roadway clear;
  • Crash in northbound lanes at Selmon Expressway, Tampa, no roadblock reported.

Interstate 275

  • Crash at mile marker 38, Tampa, no roadblock reported.

Sunshine Skyway

  • No major incidents to report, traffic flowing.

Manatee Avenue/State Road 64

  • Crash at Cypress Creek Boulevard, Bradenton, no roadblock reported.

Cortez Road

  • No major incidents to report, traffic flowing.

State Road 70

  • Crash at 14th Street West, Bradenton, roadway clear;
  • Crash, 34th Street West at 53rd Avenue West, Bradenton, roadblock in intersection.

Other crashes of note:

  • Crash, Fruitville Road at Cattlemen Road, Sarasota, unknown roadblock;
  • Crash, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at Lakewood Drive, Seffner, roadblock in eastbound lanes.

Click here for a real-time traffic map from our news partners at Bay News 9.

Information for this report is from the Florida Highway Patrol’s live traffic crash and road conditions report.

Check back for updates.

Sara Nealeigh: 941-745-7081, @saranealeigh

This story was originally published December 5, 2017 at 6:17 AM with the headline "Traffic Watch: Your morning commute on Dec. 5, 2017."

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