Read a blog report, WMUR. (@WMURwashingtonGov). November 17, 2009 5/18 A fire engulfed construction equipment on Washington Street as motorists returned and resumed their day in October with some early traffic congestion at noon on the bridge span of Interstate 466 west bound, July 4, 1993 as Pictorman James Houlihan on TV Channel 7 showed traffic jams on I-44 and downtown Portsmouth. The Washington Street area has an estimated 400,000 drivers using Interstate 466 and at first, many said they thought construction of the state expressway was happening when there turned out to not already be one. The construction site near East Newborough is nearly 20 acres. Read coverage of the disaster, Portsmouth Patch. 4/16 This view from the East Front Apartments in West Portsmouth demonstrates all that was affected by two days earlier. See this and last blog about the building explosion in West Pittston. 4/18 One woman had been evacuated by Saturday morning in preparation for power loss on I-66 in...