Westbound I-70 snarled in Frederick
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8:03 A.M. UPDATE:
Now just the shoulder is blocked on I-70 at Jefferson Pike, though residual delays will likely remain as traffic gets going again.
ORIGINAL POST:
An accident has shut down westbound I-70 at Jefferson Pike/MD 180 in Frederick. The Post's Lisa Bolton reports that westbound traffic has completely stopped.
Interstate Route 70 westbound at the Ridge Road overpass. The busy highway was stopped this morning at 7:30 am. Cars were eventually inching along. (By Lisa Bolton / The Post)
By
Mark Berman
| January 27, 2011; 7:58 AM ET
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Advisories, Commuting, Congestion
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66W from Falls Church to Vienna OK at 7, but from Vienna west to 28 snowpacked.
Ramp from 50E to 66W blocked (as of 7:30) by a snowbank left behind by the plows. Several cars stuck there.
Many abandoned cars at 66 and 28, police on the scene arranging tows.
28 N from 66 to Westfields right lane partially blocked. Center lane snowpack.
Posted by: wiredog | January 27, 2011 8:10 AM | Report abuse
Apart from all the stuck cars, that's a beautiful view.
Posted by: WashingtonDame | January 27, 2011 8:32 AM | Report abuse
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