The scene has been cleared and the suspicious package that shut down Interstate-85 south of Cheshire Bridge Saturday morning was found to be of no threat, according to Atlanta police.
The package — which ended up being a black bag containing a number of small boxes — shut down I-85 southbound in Atlanta just south of the Cheshire Bridge exit from around 9 a.m. until 11:15 a.m. according to police spokesman John Chafee.
A rash of suspicious package reports have kept the Atlanta police bomb squad scrambling this week in the wake of Monday’s Boston Marathon bombing. The incidents turned out to be totally harmless.
Around 11:30 a.m. Friday, a suspicious package — the second of the morning — was reported at the Georgia 400 Toll Plaza. All southbound lanes of the tollway remained shut down most of the morning. MARTA train service between the Lindbergh and North Springs stations was also disrupted. The all-clear was sounded and Ga. 400 reopened about 12:15 p.m. There was no immediate word on what was inside that package.
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