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Midday travel times peaked at 11:00 AM with eastbound durations reaching 21 minutes. Traffic backed up three miles starting at Exit 29B (Cape St. Claire Road) at 12:07 PM, though conditions on the bridge itself cleared by early afternoon. Commuters later faced 3.1-mile delays at Exit 23 (MD 450) approaching the Severn River Bridge, and the day concluded with a full eastbound span closure at 10:37 PM to facilitate nightly roadwork and two-way traffic on the westbound bridge.

The eastbound span was closed for roadwork from midnight until 4:30 a.m. and again starting at 9:38 p.m., forcing two-way traffic onto the westbound bridge with one lane in each direction. Peak congestion hit during the afternoon commute, when eastbound travel times reached 20 minutes at 3:00 p.m. as backups extended from Sandy Point (Exit 32) back to Rowe Boulevard (Exit 24). While the bridge maintained a three-lane eastbound configuration for most of the afternoon, motorists also faced secondary delays at the Severn River Bridge starting at Exit 23.

The most significant event occurred during the late night and early morning hours when the eastbound span was closed for road work, forcing two-way traffic on the westbound bridge. Daytime travel remained largely fluid except for a brief period at 2:00 p.m. when eastbound delays reached one mile back to Exit 32 (Sandy Point). Although the bridge itself was clear during the evening commute, motorists heading eastbound encountered external backups toward the Severn River Bridge starting at Exit 28.

Early afternoon maintenance led to significant congestion, with the most severe impact occurring around 2:00 p.m. Eastbound traffic reached a 24-minute peak travel time with 3-mile backups extending to Cape Saint Claire Road (Exit 29B) due to right-lane closures. Westbound delays also peaked at 1.8 miles near Shopping Center Road before clearing by 4:00 p.m. Overnight travel was reduced to one lane in each direction on the westbound span for bridge maintenance.

Afternoon travel was marked by eastbound congestion that peaked at 3:00 p.m. with a 2.5-mile backup stretching to Exit 30 (Bayhead Road), resulting in travel times of 18 minutes. Earlier at 1:48 p.m., delays extended back to Exit 24 near the Severn River Bridge as volume increased before clearing by 5:47 p.m. Overnight maintenance necessitated two-way traffic configurations on the westbound span from midnight until 5:00 a.m. and again after 11:00 p.m., restricting flow to one lane in each direction.

Morning travel remained normal until 1:07 PM, when a westbound lane closure at Exit 39B (Dominion Road) caused a 3.2-mile delay. The primary disruption occurred at 2:32 PM, when an eastbound crash at Exit 30 (Whitehall Road) triggered a 5.5-mile backup extending back to Exit 27 (Ritchie Highway). Eastbound travel times reached 27 minutes before clearing at 4:12 PM, followed by a brief 1.5-mile westbound delay at Exit 38 at 5:12 PM.

After early morning roadwork shifted traffic into a two-way configuration on the westbound span, the bridge returned to three eastbound and two westbound lanes by 10:47 a.m. Westbound commuters faced the most significant congestion of the day, with delays peaking at 1.8 miles near Shopping Center Road at 4:47 p.m. While travel across the bridge itself remained clear for eastbound motorists, separate external backups were reported near the Severn River Bridge (Exit 27) for much of the afternoon until conditions cleared at 6:17 p.m.