Traffic backups began at 6:46 p.m. on the Narrows Bridge due to police activity on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024.
Washington State Department of Transportation
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Traffic is backed up on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge on state Route 16 due to police activity, the Washington State Department of Transportation posted on X.
Police activity at milepost 7.5 on westbound state Route 16 near the east end of the bridge, is causing the delay, and the right lane is closed, according to a post at 7:21 p.m.
Julia Park is the Gig Harbor reporter at The News Tribune and writes stories about Gig Harbor, Key Peninsula, Fox Island and other areas across the Tacoma Narrows. She started as a news intern in summer 2024 after graduating from the University of Washington, where she wrote for her student paper, The Daily, freelanced for the South Seattle Emerald and interned at Cascade PBS News (formerly Crosscut).