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Chesapeake Bay Brige Reopens After Fire

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BALTIMORE (AP) - All lanes of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge are now open after a fire yesterday.

WUSA-TV reports that all westbound lanes had been closed for more than an hour Sunday.

WUSA says construction materials under the bridge deck caught fire. A fire engine put out the fire from above, and fire boats were checking for falling debris on a barge below.

Transportation officials said there were delays in both directions heading toward the bridge.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.