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