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Lower Mainland drivers reported being stuck on snowy roads and bridges Tuesday evening for hours, with some people saying it took eight, nine or even 12 hours to get home.

Vancouver drivers say it took hours to get through the snowy mess Tuesday, with some people trying to get home for upwards of 12 hours due to the congestion and weather conditions.

A snowstorm on the Lower Mainland led to some drivers being stuck for hours on major routes, including Highway 1 and Highway 91, especially the Alex Fraser Bridge area.

If you're one of those commuters who use the Port Mann Bridge regularly and think traffic's getting worse, you're right.

The Ministry of Transportation put out a notice Thursday afternoon, warning the bridge could be closed if the weather continued to worsen.

The Ministry of Transportation confirmed it is aware of at least two vehicles suffering significant damage from the falling chunks of ice and snow.

After years of construction and more than three billion dollars, the Port Mann Bridge is complete.

We’re now getting the financial picture of the costs associated with the ‘ice bombs’ or large chunks of ice and snow that fell from the cable of the new $3 billion Port Mann bridge just after it opened in December.

It is no secret that drivers are consistently avoiding the Port Mann Bridge because they do not want to pay the toll.

When it opened in June of 1964, it was the most expensive piece of highway in Canada. Today, the provincial government held a ceremony to commemorate the old Port Mann Bridge.

Engineers at a B.C. Crown corporation raised concerns about snow and ice falling from cables on the Port Mann Bridge more than three years before a winter storm caused just that, sending sheets of ice onto drivers on the newly opened structure.

The latest financial report shows the Port Mann Bridge is losing hundreds of millions of dollars.

Temperatures are barely hitting below zero but if a winter storm does hit the Lower Mainland, the company that oversees the new Port Mann bridge says it will be spared its wrath.

Drivers on both the Port Mann and Alex Fraser bridges reported damaged windshields and hoods from packs of snow and ice falling from the cables high above.

According to BC Highway Patrol, two drivers were injured in the collision Monday morning in the bridge's eastbound lanes.

Starting Jan. 1 the toll rates will go up to the regular fares.

The next round of snow and wind set to rock the Lower Mainland could be nasty enough to shut down the region's bridges.

It's unclear how it happened but there has been another accident on the Port Mann Bridge this morning.

The route is now open to traffic.

This has been a rough couple of years for Kiewit’s west-coast bridges.

Demolition crews use explosives to take down the girders on the Surrey side of the Port Mann Bridge early Tuesday morning.

Congestion is up on the Port Mann and Golden Ears Bridge after becoming toll-free.