During the worst delays, traffic stacked up 14 miles and swamped local roads on both sides of the bridge for hours. AD“No one likes to spend additional time sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic to try to cross the bridge,” Hogan said at a news conference beside the westbound span. She said local traffic eased when beach traffic died off after Christmas, but she and other residents had been bracing for its return along with warmer weather. “We were anticipating that from April to October, our local roads would be completely unusable again,” Varney said. “We know we have to suffer through [bridge] traffic, and we understand the need for this work.

Source: Washington Post January 28, 2020 18:44 UTC