Lake Pontchartrain Causeway partially closed due to accident | Traffic

The southbound series of lake Pontchartrain Causeway Bridge was closed on Saturday morning due to a crash, according to the Causeway Police Department.

Officials announced the closure at 1 p.m. 9:22 and did not immediately release more information. Police did not say when the lanes went to New Orleans possibly opened again.

Traffic on Causeway had already been slowed down and limited hours earlier due to fog and reduced visibility, although the fog seemed to have lifted over large parts of the New Orleans area when the crash was reported.

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