JIM KEITHLEY SHOWS US HOW THE BRIDGE CLOSURE CAUSED MAJOR DISRUPTION FOR DRIVERS. <TODAY VIDEO> IT ONLY TOOK THREE HOURS INSTEAD OF THE PLANNED 6 HOURS FOR THE MAINE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CREWS TO REPAIR THAT BROKEN BARRICADE ON THE CASCO BAY BRIDGE. <DOT VIDEO> BRIDGE CAMERAS CAPTURED WHAT HAPPENED MONDAY MORNING - THE DRIVER OF A PICKUP WITH A PLOW, PLOWING INTO THE BARRICADE AS IT WAS LOWERING...SNAPPING THE ARM RIGHT OFF. THE PLAN WAS SHUT DOWN THAT SIDE OF THE BRIDGE FROM NINE TO 3 TODAY. BUT CREWS WORKED QUICKLY AND THE BRIDGE REOPENED BY NOON. <MY VIDEO> WHILE CREWS WERE REPLACING THE BARRICADE WITH ONE THEY ALREADY HAD ON- HAND, A DETOUR SET UP SENDING DRIVERS ONTO THE VETERANS BRIDGE AND ONTO BUSY BROADWAY. <SOT-ANNA BLASH/STUCK IN TRAFFIC-08.32.18 TO 08.32.26 TRT :08> "THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY CARS FOR THAT ARTERY AND IT'S ALREADY LIKE THAT DURING HIGH TRAFFIC TIMES." ANNA BLASH GOT STUCK IN THE TRAFFIC WHILE TRYING TO BACK HOME TO SOUTH PORTLAND FROM THE MAINE MALL. <SOT-ANNA BLASH/STUCK IN TRAFFIC-08.31.57 TO 08.32.04 TRT :07> "YOU REALIZE HOW UNFUNCTIONAL THIS CITY IS WITHOUT THIS BRIDGE.THERE'S NO ALTERNATIVE ROUTE FOR THAT MANY CARS." 30-THOUSAND VEHICLES CROSS THE CASCO BAY BRIDGE EVERY SINGLE DAY. REPAIR COSTS COULD BE BETWEEN 20,000 AND 25,000. MAINE D-O-T SPOKESPERSON PAUL MERRILL SAYS THEY COULD POSSIBLY RECOUP SOME OF THE MONEY. <SOT-PAUL MERRILL/SPOKESPERSON FOR MAINE DOT-04.29> "IN THE PAST WHEN WE HAVE HAD DRIVERS DAMAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE DEPARTMENT DOES CONTACT THE DRIVERS' INSURANCE COMPANY AND SOMETIMES THAT INSURANCE COMPANY IS HELD LIABLE FOR THE COST OF THE REPAIRS." <JIM CLOSE-08.42.49> PORTLAND POLICE INVESTIGATED THE CRASH BECAUSE IT WAS ON THIS SIDE OF THE BRIDGE. OFFICERS SAID THE DRIVER WAS NO