Traffic jam causes road closure near Gate One in Boone, Boone NC


Traffic is heavily congested near Gate One in Boone, leading to a road closure. Vehicles are being turned around due to backups reaching the next intersection.
Audio|Source: Watauga County Fire, EMS and Rescue, Boone and Blowing Rock Fire
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Transcript:
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Post 6, how far did it pass our first red light?
00:05
Post 6, 109.
00:14
How far is the traffic backed up past your first post post?
00:17
It's backed up pretty far, probably to the next intersection.
00:21
06.
00:22
Go ahead. Do you guys have all your people at the intersection here still?
00:26
Two-four.
00:27
If you wouldn't mind send somebody up, go ahead and send them up to the next intersection to make sure we're going to turn them around at the next one.
00:35
Enforce. We're closed to gate one.
00:36
Q10 9-9.
00:37
From gate one school and we're starting to get a gom over here, they're turning right off 280 and turning left off 280 and we're backed up on Fainterbridge, so.
00:45
Post 3 shut down that left turn lane onto Faining Bridge, please.
00:48
I'll get for it.
00:49
We're shutting her down now.
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Boone, NC
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