FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Traffic is now back open on Highway 99 going northbound near Belmont after the bomb squad was called to the area Sunday morning.
Authorities say a CalTrans cleaning crew thought they had found a possible pipe bomb during a routine clean-up of the center divider.
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Crews immediately alerted Fresno Police who dispatched their bomb squad.
Two lanes were blocked off on the 99 Highway for at least two hours.
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Bomb squad officials determined after analyzing the device that it was not a bomb and instead, a construction worker's briefcase.