Odd

There was a bomb threat in Pittsburgh yesterday that caused major problems right at rush hour.

A bomb threat led police to close the city's three major vehicular tunnels during the evening rush hour tonight, causing serious traffic snarls. Authorities said nothing suspicious was found and all three were reopened within an hour.

The Fort Pitt, Squirrel Hill and Liberty tunnels, three main thoroughfares into the city, were shut down after police received the threat shortly before 5 p.m.

State police Trooper Robin Mungo said a man with a foreign accent called Allegheny County's 911 system around 4:45 p.m. and said a bomb would explode at 6 p.m. at one of the "Parkway" tunnels.

The call was traced to pay phone, which has been taken as evidence, she said.

"At a quarter to six, we closed down the tunnels to make sure everyone was safe and to continue our sweeps," Trooper Mungo said.

Initially, the Liberty Tunnel was not closed, but officials closed it shortly after 6 p.m. when they received a report that a package had been found, said Jim Struzzi, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. That report was unfounded, he said.

The three tunnels were reopened shortly after 6:30 p.m., but not before the ordeal had caused headaches for tens of thousands of drivers.

Oddly, this is not coming up in the Yahoo! News main page at all. I found it while looking for something completely different.