Causeway reopens with restrictions because of fog

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UPDATE, 10 A.M.: One lane in each direction of the Causeway is now open with a 35 mile-per-hour speed restriction. Causeway officials urge drivers to use extreme caution.
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ORIGINAL STORY: A crash and fog have closed the Causeway in both directions until conditions clear.

Accoring to Causeway director Carlton Dufrechou, a three-vehicle crash near mile marker 11 caused officials to close the southbound causeway just before 9 a.m. That crash has since been cleared.

However, Dufrechou says fog over the bridge has reduced visibilities to around 200 feet. As a result, both the northbound bridge and the southbound span are closed until conditions clear.

Dufrechou says he expects the bridge to reopen around 10 a.m.

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