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SUNDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE: Miami police Tweeted at 2:01 pm that the causeway bridge had reopened.
People heading from the Miami-Dade mainland to Miami Beach or the other oceanfront cities Sunday morning or early afternoon should pick a causeway other than the 79th Street Causeway. The west drawbridge was malfunctioning, Miami police announced at 11:05 am
Other options are: the Broad Causeway that’s Northeast 123rd Street on the mainland side and goes through Bay Harbor Islands and into Bal Harbor at 96th Street; the Julia Tuttle Causeway (Interstate 195 lane); the MacArthur Causeway (I-395 lane); or, if you don’t mind tolls, the Venetian Causeway, which comes off Northeast 15th Street in Miami.
The 79th Street Causeway goes from Miami through North Bay Village and into the North Beach section of Miami Beach.
TRAFFIC ALERT – the 79th Street Causeway bridge is currently malfunctioning. Please avoid the area & seek an alternative route until further notice. pic.twitter.com/j4c1Vdf7SY
— Miami PD (@MiamiPD) October 23, 2022
This story was originally published October 23, 2022 11:43 AM.
Since 1989, David J. Neal’s domain at the Miami Herald has expanded to include writing about Panthers (NHL and FIU), Dolphins, old school animation, food safety, fraud, naughty lawyers, bad doctors and all manner of breaking news. He drinks coladas whole. He doesn’t work Indianapolis 500 Race Day.
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