Protests over Israel’s ongoing military campaign in the Gaza Strip tied up commute traffic on two of the Bay Area’s major roadways for several hours Monday, resulting in dozens of arrests and countless frayed nerves for motorists caught in the chaos.

The traffic nightmare began before 8:30 a.m. when protesters successfully shut down both directions of U.S. Highway 101 across the Golden Gate Bridge, causing heavy traffic on both the San Francisco and Marin County sides of the bridge.

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