Bomb Scare Closes Broadway At C-470
Suspicious Bin Spotted In Median
POSTED: 3:07 am MST November 25, 2008
UPDATED: 8:35 am MST November 25, 2008
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. -- A motorist spotted a plastic bin containing white cylinders with wires coming out of the pipes on Broadway near C-470 early Tuesday morning.Douglas County's bomb squad was called in to investigate the bin, closing down both directions of Broadway.The ramps from C-470 were shut down, preventing traffic to get on Broadway. C-470 remained open.
The bomb squad X-rayed the plasitc container which was 3 feet by 2 1/2 feet in diameter and and found it was a concrete pouring sample. The sample is used in strength-testing of the concrete in road construction projects. It is made up of plastic pipes with wires coming from the pipes.Broadway was reopened to traffic at 5:45 a.m.
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