Chesapeake Bay Bridge Closed

BALTIMORE — The Chesapeake Bay Bridge (US 50/301) was sealed about 7:35 p.m. Saturday as a outcome of serious winds and vulnerable pushing conditions due to Hurricane Irene.

The overpass is experiencing postulated winds of more than 62 mph and breeze gusts of 72-80 mph and will sojourn sealed until conditions are deemed protected for vehicles to cross.Citizens are speedy not to transport unless positively necessary. For motorists roving from the Eastern Shore toward Baltimore or other points west, an swap track for the Bay Bridge is northbound US 113, US thirteen or DE 1 through Delaware, to southbound I-95 in Maryland.MDTA’s 4 one more bridges together with the Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge (US 301), the Francis Scott Key Bridge (I-695), the Tydings Memorial Bridge (I-95) and the Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge (US 40) are handling underneath breeze warnings.

Gov. Martin O’Malley pronounced Hurricane Irene will be nearing in the beach review locale of Ocean City progressing than officials had expected.O’Malley pronounced at a headlines discussion Saturday at the Maryland Emergency Management group in Reisterstown that authorities expect that the eye of the storm will pass “pretty well directly over Ocean City” about midnight Saturday, a integrate hours progressing than had been predicted.Stay with WBALTV.com and WBAL-TV eleven News for updates.