Suspicious package shuts down Clemente Bridge

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By Tribune-Review

1 Min Read • Feb. 2, 2016 | 10 years Ago

| Tuesday, February 2, 2016 6:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh police shut down the Roberto Clemente Bridge for about an hour Tuesday after someone found a suspicious backpack on the bridge.

Police were called to the bridge linking Downtown and the North Shore about 5:35 p.m.

It was reopened about 6:30 p.m. when the bomb squad determined the backpack did not contain explosives, Public Safety spokeswoman Sonya Toler said.