When we were there near the end of January the backup going towards Philipsburg (Airpost/Welfare rd) was ridiculous and of course the car in front of us was the last one to be able to cross the bridge before it opened.

No biggie since we weren't going anywhere fast...had a great view of the passing ships and there were quite a few

When the show was over and the bridge closed I was amazed that the traffic had only progressed a bit past Lee's...maybe 10 cars

SO it's not really the bridge opening that starts the mess (as I assumed)...something further down Welfare Rd. is the culprit..and it was like this most every day.