UPDATE: 2:25 pm

A man who climbed up the new Harbor Bridge has been safely removed from the structure, according to CCPD. A Hostage Negotiation Team and emergency crews assisted the man into a basket on a tower ladder of a fire truck and safely brought him down after he climbed up the cables on the new bridge.

ORIGINAL:

Local law enforcement has shut down traffic on the New Harbor Bridge after a man climbed onto the bridge on Wednesday afternoon.

According to Corpus Christi Police Department Senior Officer Antonio Contreras, police were dispatched to the new Harbor Bridge around 12:37 p.m. in reference to an individual who was climbing on top of the cables connected to the new Harbor Bridge.

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