Metro-East News

Police presence causes traffic to jam at Chain of Rocks Bridge

A police situation caused traffic backups on the Chain of Rocks Bridge in Granite City on Monday morning.

A tweet from the Chain of Rocks Bridge Twitter account said there was a “heavy rescue presence in the middle of the bridge” and that a St. Louis boat was heading north on Riverview.

Officers were trying to speak to a suicidal woman threatening to jump from the bridge., according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch story. The paper later reported the woman was safe, but the bridge remained shut down at 10:55 a.m.

Further details were not immediately available.

Kaley Johnson: 618-239-2526, @KaleyJohnson6

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This story was originally published August 13, 2018 at 10:08 AM.

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