Canada: Police response to an incident on Vancouver's Lions Gate Bridge prompting significant traffic disruptions April 20

Police are responding to an unspecified security incident on Vancouver's Lions Gate Bridge April 20 prompting the span's closure. Authorities have suspended all traffic along Highway 99 across the bridge until further notice. Preliminary reports indicate vehicular traffic remains backed up near Marine Drive and Taylor Way in the north, and W. Georgia Street and Broughton Street near Coal Harbor in the south.

Transport disruptions will likely continue for several hours after the bridge reopens. Increased security is very likely in the area for the duration of the incident investigation.