It’s just painful sometimes, this MacArthur Causeway. Today it tested your sanity.
An early morning crash between a car and an 18-wheeler trailer truck completely closed down the west bound lanes. Miami Beach Police warned commuters that the shut down would take time as investigators measured and collected evidence.
MBPD identified the man driving the car as Jojo Nicolas, a former football player for the University of Miami.
Public Information Officers told the Herald that Nicolas was transferred to Jackson Memorial Hospital with severe injuries. Social media accounts for the police department wished him and his family well.
On lookers from the eastbound lanes were also blamed for some of the congestion, but things would have been complicated anyway with Alton Road torn to shreds in the name of upgrades. That major traffic artery is being detoured until the end of the year and has become an added nuisance. Over the weekend , the new administration announced that the Alton Road upgrades would be done by the end of the year, nearly seven months ahead of plans.
But that’s eight months away, and today traffic looked unbearable at times. Pictures from the Traffic Management twitter account looked surreal for a Tuesday.
Heavy congestion on NB #Alton; WB #MacArthur Cswy closed. Seek alternate routes #trafficalertsfl @MiamiBeachNews pic.twitter.com/Djwjq4VvC1
— Traffic Management (@TrafficAlertSFL) February 25, 2014
