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Disabled bus on Douglass Bridge snarls traffic to Beltway

A disabled bus in the center lane of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge caused massive delays on D.C.’s South Capitol Street Tuesday morning.

ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ was snarled from the Suitland Parkway to the Capital Beltway.

According to ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Reporter Jack Taylor, they couldn’t get the bus started, but a heavy wrecker towed it off the bridge around 8:30 a.m.

ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ slowly returned to normal through the morning.

Below is a map of the area.

Will Vitka

William Vitka is a Digital Writer/Editor for ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´.com. He's been in the news industry for over a decade. Before joining ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´, he worked for CBS News, Stuff Magazine, The New York Post and wrote a variety of books—about a dozen of them, with more to come.

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