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Power Outage On Bay Bridge Causes Holiday Traffic Headache

BALTIMORE (WJZ)--Drivers heading over the Bay Bridge this holiday weekend spent a good amount of time in traffic today.

State transportation officials say an overnight power outage prevented them from opening two-way travel, which caused major congestion.

At one point the backup was 8 miles long.

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Official say the power issue was resolved just after 6:00 p.m. Saturday and two-way operations resumed on the Bay Bridge.

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