Crime & Safety
Highway Reopened Near Fort Meade After Ordnance Unearthed (Update)
Route 198 has reopened near Fort Meade; construction crews may have found an old piece of military ordnance in the area.
Updated at 11:50 a.m.
ODENTON, MD — The highway near Fort Meade has reopened after experts checked to see if a construction crew unearthed unexploded military ordnance.
The Anne Arundel County Police Department says Route 198 was closed between Route 32 and Route 295 for about two hours Wednesday morning. Traffic was going through the area again about 11 a.m.
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Units checked a possible old piece of military ordnance that was found by workers excavating on a property behind 3244 Laurel Fort Meade Road.
The Annapolis City Bomb Squad went to the scene to examine the item.
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The Anne Arundel County Fire Department says they don't know what type of ordnance it is or how old it was and whether it was live, although responders treated like it was live. The Annapolis City Bomb Squad worked with an ordnance disposal team from Fort Belvoir to remove the object and took it to Fort Meade.
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