Traffic remained sluggish on state Highway 14 Monday morning after a wrong-way crash clogged traffic on Interstate 205. Photo

A tractor-trailer rig going the wrong way in the southbound lanes of the Interstate 205 bridge collided with a passenger car this morning, triggering an epic traffic jam that made going very far in the Vancouver area nearly impossible.

All lanes were reopened across the Glenn Jackson Bridge about 10:15 a.m., but traffic jams persisted on both interstate freeways, both bridges, Highway 14 and surface streets in downtown Vancouver as a cascade of traffic problems slowly resolved.

The driver who allegedly caused the whole mess was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, two counts of second-degree criminal mischief and reckless driving. Portland police identified him as Kenneth Eugene Burgess, 49, of Medical Lake, a small town west of Spokane. He was driving a tractor-trailer rig belonging to a Spokane firm.

Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office responded at 4:20 a.m. to reports of a tractor trailer driving the wrong way on Interstate 84, according to a Portland Police Bureau bulletin.

The sheriff’s office pursued the truck, which continued driving north on I-205 southbound lanes, the bulletin states.