Lanes have reopened after a toy grenade that was found inside a car led to closures on the busy Schuylkill Expressway in Philadelphia Thursday afternoon, police said.
Police vehicles could be seen blocking the eastbound lanes between Exit 341 (Montgomery Drive) and Exit 342 (Girard Avenue) around 2:30 p.m. Police told NBC10 they found what appeared to be a grenade inside a vehicle they pulled over. They later determined the object was a toy. Police cleared the scene and reopened eastbound lanes around 2:50 p.m.
The closure caused a complete traffic mess in the area. With Kelly Drive on the other side of the Schuylkill River closed for the Stotesbury Cup Regatta and adjacent MLK Drive closed for repairs to the bridge, people heading into Philadelphia needed to use surface streets and dealt with significant delays.
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