Officials blocked traffic going both directions over the Interstate 5 Bridge for more than an hour Tuesday evening as negotiators tried to work with a man threatening to jump into the river.
Police closed the southbound lanes over the bridge around 6:20 p.m. for a man near the bridge railing armed with knives and threatening to jump, then later closed both lanes.
The bridge was reopened for vehicle traffic around 7:30 p.m., but the bicycle and pedestrian lane on the southbound side of the bridge was closed as officers continued to talk with the man.
The man was taken into custody around 8 p.m.
