Copyright by KOIN - All rights reserved Traffic is backed up along I-205 at Government Island during a police closure, August 20, 2016 (ODOT)

Copyright by KOIN - All rights reserved Traffic is backed up along I-205 at Government Island during a police closure, August 20, 2016 (ODOT)

KOIN 6 News Staff - PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- After about 2 hours, an armed woman was coaxed to come off the ledge of the I-205 bridge, allowing the northbound lanes to re-open Saturday night.

When officers arrived to the bridge shortly before 8 p.m. they learned she was armed with a knife. Enhanced Crisis Intervention officers spent hours talking with her and got her to come off the bridge around 10 p.m.

The woman will be taken to get some help.