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Might be smart to think and plan a workaround. Thisuld get harrier as the morning goes along. Melissa, what else is happening around he . Three issues on the beltway and two on 270. Inner loop after connecticut avenue where justin was is a major mess for a lot of people. A we a lot of other issues too. Also this one the other s uationouter loop after New Hampshire avenue is shut down so that entire closure right now, because of a crash on investigati take a look at 270. Ride is shut down. Overturned tractortrailer and fuel spill there so that wcl se some delays even as youre heading southbound, people looking in the northbound lanes and wondering what is going on. Oe cleanup could take sometime. Here is anothere. Good morning, chuck. Good morning, melissa. Four thing you need to know about the weather. A wet start this morning and shower are likely to linger into the afternoon. So much cooler. A Little Christmas in july present almost. Sunshine back tomorrow and hang around the rest of
For the most part here. You want to take it sl and perhaps fine another way to get this re you are going morning, right, melissa . Absolutely. A lot of different problems you have possess maybe take your favorite alternate here to get around everything. Another shot, another vantge point where justin is this morning. Inner loop at connecticut avenue and youre just getting by in one lane. A long time before that gets cleared up. Twomile backup and looks ling rain movihrough and not help things at all. Top of the beltway, outer loopw at nempshire avenue where megan fj is wiitzgerald is ther. We e getting by one ride of the road. Meagan, how are things looking at this point . This is a crash investigation. Reporter part of theood news this morning it does look like traffic is just now starting to me along the westbound lane of ther outeop before University Avenue because according to Maryland State Police, the backup is miles. Now to give you an idea of whatt happened ou here. We got chop
So lucky nobody was seriously hurt here. Take a look at the first 4 traffic alert. Germantown 270 before germantown road the left lane is blocked by this crash. Tractortrailer into a mur Montgomery County Police Cruiser who went into another Police Cruiser. Luckily, nobody was closed. The ramp is shut down because of this accident. Eigan mcgrath is on the way and we are se delays southbound. This worries me because of how important 270 is early in the morning for so many of our viewe a. Inner loop outer loop looking nice and clear. Nothing to worry about. Good morning, chuck. Good morning, melissa. Friday forecast time. Wow. Mother nature really going to be treating us with great care for our friday and your weekend plans. Not too hot and not too humid. No real rain chance anywhere from the mountains to the beaches for your weekend traveling plans. Temperatures now have fallen into the upper 50s from o winchester t front royal to harrisonburg to warrenton, ni virgia. Still in the low s