The shooting at the Holocaust Museum early Wednesday afternoon tied up traffic during the afternoon commute even after officials reopened the 14th Street Bridge to vehicles leaving the city.

Officials had closed roads around the museum off 14th Street near the National Mall after the 12:50 p.m. shooting.By 3:15 p.m. officials had reopened the southbound lanes of the 14th Street Bridge but were continuing to direct northbound traffic from the bridge into the District onto the Southeast/Southwest Freeway.