By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 17:50 EST, 27 May 2013 | UPDATED: 02:22 EST, 28 May 2013 The New York Police Department bomb squad shut down the Brooklyn Bridge for two hours on Memorial Day after driver reported a suspicious SUV without a license plate abandoned midway across the span. After a heavily-armored bomb technician tore through the vehicle and a bomb-sniffing dog gave it a once-over, the NYPD offered the all-clear and re-opened the key East River crossing to traffic about 7pm on Monday. The suspicious Dodge Durango was parked in a Manhattan-bound lane of the iconic bridge. Police shut down all traffic - both pedestrians and cars - while they ensured that it did not contain explosives.
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Bridge closed for two hours on memorial day after Dodge Durango with no license plate is discovered abandoned midway across the span
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Heavily-armored NYPD bomb disposal officer inspected the vehicle and found nothing dangerous
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Brooklyn Bridge is key East River crossing and traffic was snarled for hours in lower Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn
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Police helicopters and TV news aircraft circled the bridge as helpless pedestrians and motorists waited to cross the @placeholder