This Shut Down The 95?

So, the U.S. 95, the 2nd busiest highway in Las Vegas gets shut down for a beer can?
From the LVRJ:
Things are not always what they seem, as Las Vegas police learned Wednesday afternoon when a suspicious device prompted the closure of the downtown portion of U.S. Highway 95
“It ended up being nothing,” said Las Vegas police spokesman Lawrence Hadfield.
The device, described as inert, was a cylindrical object with silver end-caps. Police did not specify exactly what the object was or what it contained. It was found by highway workers shortly before 1 p.m. in the southbound lanes of U.S. 95 near North City Parkway, Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Loy Hixson said.
Authorities were alerted and by 1:30 p.m., more than two miles of U.S. 95, from Rancho Drive to Las Vegas Boulevard were blocked off as crews investigated the pipe-shaped object. Police also evacuated the parking garage of the Molasky Corporate Center as a precaution. The garage, adjacent to the highway, is also used by employees at the nearby Internal Revenue Service building.  http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/traffic-transportation/us-95-reopens-after-closure-suspicious-device
The NHP is notorious for milking incidents and making the incidents last as long as possible and inconvenience the most people possible.
Perhaps they do it to collect overtime pay?