Traffic headed north into New Jersey over the Delaware Memorial Bridge could be affected.
A HOT COPPER MESS Pennies all over 95NB near New Castle, total shutdown. What a headache! Breaking details at 6am pic.twitter.com/raKaj5FE3H
-- Tamala Edwards (@TamEdwards6abc) September 8, 2016
NEW CASTLE, DEL. -- A truck carrying blank pennies headed to the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia overturned on I-95 overnight Thursday, spilling the copper coins all over the highway, 6ABC reports.
The northbound lanes of the highway are expected to be closed until 9 a.m. Thursday and traffic is being diverted.
The portion of the highway leads to I-295 which carries traffic north into New Jersey over the Delaware Memorial Bridge.
The spill, which happened near the split with I-295, occurred around 2 a.m. when the truck struck a jersey barrier, flipped over and caught fire.
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