Power Outages Lead To Messy Traffic Situation Tuesday Afternoon

Montgomery County police carTraffic signals at major intersections in Bethesda are out this afternoon, leaving a messy situation ahead of the afternoon rush hour.

Signals were out in front of the National Military Medical Center, at Jones Bridge Road and at Battery Lane on Wisconsin Avenue at 3 p.m.. Lights were also not working at Battery Lane and Cordell Avenue on Woodmont Avenue.

A reminder that all drivers must treat intersections with non-functioning traffic lights as a four-way stop.

According to scanner traffic, police will try to get Bethesda Urban Partnership crews out to fix at least the traffic signal at Jones Bridge Road before rush hour.

There were 449 customers without power in 20814 and 260 without power in 20815, according to Pepco’s outage map.

The Town of Chevy Chase reported that Meadow Lane was closed between Aspen Street and Leland Street because of a downed tree.

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