Suspicious package on Russell Road in Las Vegas causes traffic delays
Police and firefighters investigate a suspicious package near Russell Road and the Interstate 15 in Las Vegas on Saturday, July 9, 2016. (Daniel Clark/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @DanJClarkPhoto)
Police investigate a suspicious package near Russell Road and the Interstate 15 in Las Vegas on Saturday, July 9, 2016. (Daniel Clark/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @DanJClarkPhoto)
Police and firefighters investigate a suspicious package near Russell Road and the Interstate 15 in Las Vegas on Saturday, July 9, 2016. (Daniel Clark/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @DanJClarkPhoto)
Police and firefighters investigate a suspicious package near Russell Road and the Interstate 15 in Las Vegas on Saturday, July 9, 2016. (Daniel Clark/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @DanJClarkPhoto)
An officer sets up a line of cones to block traffic as police and firefighters investigate a suspicious package near Russell Road and the Interstate 15 in Las Vegas on Saturday, July 9, 2016. (Daniel Clark/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @DanJClarkPhoto)
Officers instruct a driver to back up after mistakenly turning on to Russell Road where police and firefighters investigate a suspicious package near Russell Road and the Interstate 15 in Las Vegas on Saturday, July 9, 2016. (Daniel Clark/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @DanJClarkPhoto)
An officer stops traffic while police and firefighters investigate a suspicious package near Russell Road and the Interstate 15 in Las Vegas on Saturday, July 9, 2016. (Daniel Clark/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @DanJClarkPhoto)
An officer blocks traffic as police and firefighters investigate a suspicious package near Russell Road and the Interstate 15 in Las Vegas on Saturday, July 9, 2016. (Daniel Clark/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @DanJClarkPhoto)
The Nevada Highway Patrol says a suspicious package, found early Saturday morning along Russell Road, has been deemed not a threat and the road is now open.
Just after 7:30 a.m., Russell Road over Interstate 15 was closed in both directions due to the package, according to a Nevada Highway Patrol Southern Command tweet.
At 10:20 a.m., a tweet from the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada said I-15 was open north and southbound at Russell, but all on- and off-ramps at Russell Road are closed.
At 10:58 a.m., the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada tweeted that the Russell Road and all I-15 ramps are open.
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