Local prom-goers were stuck in Tacoma when teens scaled the Narrows Bridge

Parents waited anxiously on the night of Saturday, June 6, as their teenagers sat in a snarl of traffic trying to cross the Narrows Bridge after prom.

Peninsula and Gig Harbor high schools both celebrated at proms in Tacoma on Saturday. The dances ended around 11 p.m., but the Washington State Patrol closed the westbound bridge at approximately 9:50 p.m.

Two teenagers had climbed the bridge, prompting the closure…

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