Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge reopens after brief shutdown

The Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge was unopen down Sunday nighttime due to the fact that of constabulary activity, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.

A antheral had climbed to a obstruction and “appeared to beryllium wanting to jump,” Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Brian Boxler said. Officers responded, and the antheral came down by 6:30 p.m., Boxler said.

Also known arsenic the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge adjacent the Arizona border, Interstate 11 was closed successful some directions. The Regional Transportation Commission said determination was a two-mile backup successful the area.

The road was reopened astir 6:30, Boxler said.

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