Bay Bridge work halted until after Memorial Day

With an estimated 350,000 people expected to use the Chesapeake Bay Bridge this weekend, transit officials decided to postpone work that would have closed a lane and could have caused gridlock.

“The more they thought about Memorial Day weekend coming up and with the good weather, they realized a lot of people will traveling to the Eastern Shore,” Kelly McCleary, Maryland Transportation Authority spokeswoman, said about the authority?s decision to begin work at 7 a.m. May 29. “They wanted to make sure there wasn?t a serious delay this weekend.”