PORT ANGELES — A man was taken to Olympic Medical Center for evaluation Sunday after 9-1-1 callers reported concerns that he might jump off a Port Angeles bridge.
Port Angeles Police received multiple 9-1-1 calls from people who spotted the man at about 1:30 p.m. Sunday on the bridge over U.S. Highway 101 at the interchange with state Highway 117, said Officer Bruce Fernie. The identity of the man was not released Sunday.
When police arrived, the man was sitting on the railing of the bridge, he said.
Fernie said police closed the Highway 117 onramp at Highway 101 and approached the man, who was cooperative and agreed to go with officers.
The road reopened at 1:42 p.m., he said.
The narrow, one-lane bridge is an onramp from Highway 101 leading to Highway 117, also known as the Tumwater Truck Route. It has no pedestrian access.
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