Heavy traffic congestion has been reported along Interstate 75 through Marion County on Friday afternoon following a series of vehicle crashes and disabled vehicles along stretches of both northbound and southbound lanes.
Traffic monitoring cameras from the Florida Department of Transportation show heavy bumper-to-bumper delays stretching across multiple miles, coinciding with the start of Labor Day weekend travel on Friday, September 4.
On I-75 South, a multi-vehicle crash reported at 12:42 p.m. created an 11-mile stretch of congestion between Mile Marker 363 and Mile Marker 352, where the left shoulder remained blocked…