Outbound Key Bridge reopens
Capital Weather Gang | Plowing plans | Snow removal | Live traffic
4:30 p.m.: Police have cleared the intersection and traffic is flowing in both directions.
4 p.m. Update: Well, that was short-lived. There were some cars allowed earlier, but now traffic seems to be restricted to salt trucks.
3:55 p.m. Update: Outbound traffic is now being allowed onto the bridge.
3:46 p.m. Update: Now there's just once police car blocking the lanes.
3:36 p.m. Update: A second police car has joined the first to block the outbound lanes of the bridge. Earlier, we saw a police officer stop some drivers who were trying to go around.
3:21 p.m. Update: This may take while. There are flares now set up in the intersection to alert motorists to the closure. It's also snowing and visibility is decreasing.
3:12 p.m. Update: Traffic cameras show that a police vehicle is blocking access to the outbound lanes of the Key Bridge. Inbound traffic is flowing normally.
Original post: DDOTDC just tweeted that the outbound Key Bridge is closed for snow removal. No word yet on how long this may take.
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Michael Bolden
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February 15, 2010; 3:04 PM ET
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Posted by: baptizedpagan | February 15, 2010 3:10 PM | Report abuse
There was some kind of police black SUV blocking one out the outbound lanes at 4pm..
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/1369/keybridge.jpg
Sounds like a cop on a power trip.. This was right after a few cars sneaked through.
Posted by: support6 | February 15, 2010 4:05 PM | Report abuse
Why does this cop feel the need to block one of the turning lanes???
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/4389/keybridge2.jpg
Goto: http://wtop.com/?sid=604381&nid=370 and look at the cams in Georgetown.. This is blocking traffic up and down M Street. Ridiculous.
Posted by: support6 | February 15, 2010 4:15 PM | Report abuse
it's good that they are clearing it. There was one lane taken up by giant snow piles in each direction on Saturday when I was in G-town.
Why no Metro updates? Will they be up to normal capacity tomorrow? Have they finally got the trains out of the rail yards?
Posted by: fedssocr | February 15, 2010 4:17 PM | Report abuse
The cop is blocking the whole lane now:
Posted by: support6 | February 15, 2010 4:20 PM | Report abuse
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Yes - and though there are three inbound lanes open, the idiots didn't think to make it, you know, two-way for a while. Grrr. Bitter from being stuck on 34th St. for an hour.