FREMONT, Calif. - As the weekend-long shutdown of part of I-680 northbound in Fremont continues, drivers being detoured around that closure are finding themselves spending a couple of hours in bumper-to-bumper traffic.

What we know:

The northbound lanes of I-680 have been closed since Friday night from the Mission Boulevard-Highway 238 exit, to Highway 84. Crews are rehabilitating the bridge over Mission Boulevard. They repaired the southbound side two weeks ago.

What they're saying:

"We know that is never a good weekend to close a highway, one like 680, but the work was necessary," said Caltrans spokesperson Hector Chinchilla.

Traffic is being diverted around the closure, along Mission Boulevard and Niles Canyon Road.

Saturday evening, it took drivers well over two hours to get th

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