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Traffic was backed up on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge on Monday morning. Here’s why

A vehicle fire and a crash slowed traffic and closed at least one lane of northbound Interstate 275 on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge Monday morning, according to Florida Highway Patrol.
A vehicle fire and a crash slowed traffic and closed at least one lane of northbound Interstate 275 on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge Monday morning, according to Florida Highway Patrol. Florida 511 traffic camera

All lanes of Interstate 275 were reopened after a crash and a vehicle fire had traffic moving slowly across the Sunshine Skyway Bridge on Monday morning.

According to Florida Highway Patrol’s live traffic map, a crash involving a patrol car blocked the inside northbound lane of Interstate 275 on the Sunshine Skyway shortly after 6:30 a.m. Monday. The lane was reopened by 10:20 a.m.

A vehicle fire also was reported on the bridge in the northbound lanes at 6:25 a.m. FHP noted on the live traffic map that smoke was in the area around 7:30 a.m.

This story was originally published September 17, 2018 at 7:47 AM.

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