Market Street Bridge Closed At Rush Hour As Emergency Personnel Work To Get Climber Down

  • Wednesday, May 22, 2019

The Market Street Bridge was closed at rush hour on Wednesday as emergency personnel worked to get a climber down.

The bridge closed around 4 p.m., sending a long line of traffic up the narrow First Street and onto Frazier Avenue and North Chattanooga on the north side of the river.

It remained closed at 5 p.m., but it appeared that workers were wrapping up the scene.

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