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Chesapeake Bay Brige Reopens After Fire

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.

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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.