A multi-car crash on Highway 101 was slowing traffic through the Five Cities area during Thursday evening's commute.
It happened just before 4:30 p.m. in the southbound lanes at 4th Street.
According to the California Highway Patrol, the #1 and #2 lanes were blocked.
All lanes of traffic were reopened as of 5:10 p.m.; however, live Caltrans traffic cameras showed southbound traffic backed up through Shell Beach. Northbound traffic was moving slowly through the area.