Traffic alert: Haulover plane crash affecting drivers. What to know and where to go

Traffic in the Sunny Isles Beach and Bal Harbour areas was affected for hours following a Saturday afternoon plane crash on the bridge over the Haulover inlet.

A large stretch of Collins Avenue, about eight miles between 96th and 163rd streets — Bal Harbour to Sunny Isles Beach — was shut down, Miami-Dade police noted.

This closure on Collins affected both directions, said Detective Alvaro Zabaleta of the Miami-Dade Police Department.

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Southbound Collins Avenue was also closed at 158th Street to the north. Police departments, including Bay Harbor Islands and North Miami Beach, advised that drivers either refrain from heading anywhere near or to seek alternate routes. Those routes include U.S. 1 and Interstate 95.

Expect heavy delays through Saturday night.

At around 3:15 p.m. Village of Bay Harbor Islands police tweeted that eastbound traffic on 96th Street was backed up to the West Island with officers directing traffic. Westbound traffic was moving.

This story was originally published May 14, 2022 at 3:11 PM with the headline "Traffic alert: Haulover plane crash affecting drivers. What to know and where to go."

Howard Cohen

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