The Ambassador Bridge reopened after being partially closed for almost five hours on Saturday, with traffic heading into Canada halted due to an “incident” with the Canada Border Services Agency. The Detroit-Canada lanes of the bridge reopened to traffic around 3 p.m.

On X, formerly known as Twitter, Windsor police said their officers were at the scene and assisting border agents with an “ongoing investigation.”

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Canada Border Services Agency officials could not immediately be reached for comment on the nature of the “incident.”

Breaking news reporter Liam Rappleye can be reached at [email protected].

This article was first published in the Detroit Free Press: Ambassador Bridge closed due to ‘incident’ at Canadian border