Multiple traffic accidents virtually shut down Highway 1 leaving and entering North Vancouver via the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge on Sunday afternoon.
The traffic gridlock began shortly before 2 p.m. with a collision heading northbound on the Ironworkers Bridge. While that accident was cleared by 2:15 p.m., another accident roughly halfway down the cut heading eastbound occurred just 45 minutes later, backing up traffic leaving the North Shore.
Then, just after 3 p.m., a vehicle stalled going southbound at the north end of the Ironworkers Bridge, further compounding traffic woes.
The stall was cleared around 3:30, but minutes after, an accident involving a motorcycle occurred going westbound on Highway 1 just past the Fern Steet. overpass. That accident closed the Ironworkers Bridge in both directions for a short time.
Northbound drivers were detoured onto Mt. Seymour Parkway after exiting the bridge while southbound traffic was detoured off the highway just before Fern Street.
Traffic heading into North Vancouver became backed up on Highway 1 to Grandview Highway in Burnaby, while highway traffic heading off the North Shore was backed up past Westview Dr.
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