SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - The Florida Turnpike Extension has reopened after an hours-long shutdown in Miami-Dade due to emergency construction.
Heavy machines and construction workers were spotted making repairs near Southwest Eighth Street, Wednesday morning.
#TrafficUpdate: All lanes on the Turnpike have been re-opened!
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An overhead highway sign was brought down just before 9 a.m.
Crews cleared it off the roadway a short time later.
Florida Highway Patrol temporarily shut down both the northbound and southbound lanes between Southwest Eighth Street and the Dolphin Expressway.
Both directions reopened just after 10 a.m.
It’s unclear what was wrong with the sign that prompted crews to remove it.
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