Traffic

Get ready to move slowly: Heavy traffic on Hilton Head bridges Wednesday morning

Traffic is moving slowly on the eastbound Hilton Head Island bridges.

At 9 a.m., Google Maps showed a delay of 25 minutes and traffic backed up to Malphrus Road in Bluffton.

The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that all lanes of U.S. 278 are open.

In its news release, the Sheriff’s Office did not say whether an accident had occurred.

Google Maps showed a minor crash near the bridges Wednesday morning.

This story will be updated.

This story was originally published March 10, 2021 at 8:18 AM.

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Katherine Kokal
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Katherine Kokal graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and joined The Island Packet newsroom in 2018. Before moving to the Lowcountry, she worked as an interviewer and translator at a nonprofit in Barcelona and at two NPR member stations. At The Island Packet, Katherine covers Hilton Head Island’s government, environment, development, beaches and the all-important Loggerhead Sea Turtle. She has earned South Carolina Press Association Awards for in-depth reporting, government beat reporting, business beat reporting, growth and development reporting, food writing and for her use of social media.
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