"Suspicious Package" Which Caused Midtown Traffic Nightmare Identified

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A student at a local university will have an interesting and incredibly valid excuse as to why their homework wasn’t turned in on time.

According to WSB-TV, the device taped to the 14th Street Bridge that caused a bomb scare which snarled traffic for hours on Monday was part of a Georgia State University student art project. The device was a slow-motion camera inserted into a tube, and was meant to record until spring.

Unfortunately, someone saw the camera and thought it was a bomb.

Taking no chances, authorities shut down the Downtown Connector in the vicinity of the bridge, as well as a chunk of 14th Street itself. The bomb squad finally destroyed the device just before rush hour, but it took more time to clear the congestion caused by the incident.

As for the art project, Georgia State says that there are over a dozen similar devices installed all over the city, but they will work with Atlanta police to remove them all, reports WSB-TV.