nearly half a million dollars at the pratt library has nearly left its director, speechless. >> the enoch pratt free library is one of the oldest in the country. it provides books, media, and valuable resources like job skills to thousands of baltimoreans. >> this is the type of gift that mr. pratt would have endorsed and loved. >> reporter: now, the director of the enoch pratt, is beaming. because their librarian left the library $475,000. >> i know people who worked with her. and she said her love of reading and the reason she wanted to be a librarian is because of what happened in baltimore she used the library. >> reporter: she worked for the county library system for 26 years. >> reporter: yet grew up as a patron of the press. she and her husband amassed a substantial amount of money. both passed away in 2006. >> we know that with her husband, they invested wisely. and they also were very concerned about leaving a legacy and making sure that they were to give to others. >> reporter: as generous as marg red peterson's gift to the pratt library is, amazingly, she left the same amount of mone

the enom noc -- enoch pratt free library is one of the oldest libraries in the country. >> this is the type of gift that mr. pratt would have endorsed and loved. >> reporter: now, dr. carla hayden is beaming with excitement because a retired librarian in baltimore county, left the pratt, $475,000. >> i know librarians in baltimore county who worked with her. and she told them that her love of books and reading and the reason why she wanted to be a librarian is because of what happened when she grew up in baltimore and used the pratt library. >> reporter: margaret peterson was born and raised in west baltimore. she worked for the county library system for 26 years. yet grew up as a patron of the press. she and her husband earned a substantial amount of money and both passed away there 2006. >> we know that she and her husband invested wisely. and they were concerned about leaving a legacy and making sure they gave to others. >> reporter: as generous as margaret peterson's gift to the pratt library is, amazingly, she left the same amount of money, $475,000 to the baltimore library, where

the baltimore libraries and the enoch pratt free library system. she worked until her retirement in 1986. >>> let's check on the roads with kristy breslin at we'll traffic control. hi, christy -- kristy. >> hi, kai. hi, everyone. at this point, everyone is just a mess. we have delays from perring parkway to baltimore national pike. it will take at least 45 minutes to get through. another 25 minutes on the north side inner loop over to harford road. the west side inner loop, also see something trouble in that direction. just bumper to bumper there, from southwestern boulevard to liberty road. and our normal delay, on 70 westbound from 29 to marriottsville. as far as the harbor tunnel throughway goes, the problems in the northbound direction. that is backed up from cochise street to the harbor tunnel. and a couple of reactions. pulaski highway at jones road. also north utah at madison avenue. that's in baltimore city. let's now take a live look. you can see a lot of congestion there on the beltway. that's at dulaney valley road. there's another look