![]() ![]() The state patrol is handling the crash investigation. ![]() I don’t know if this particular company had that technology," said Hamilton. “It’s a technology that the company would have to invest in, right. While the DOT says this is the second time this summer this exact overpass has been hit, initial findings show that the height of the overpass meets standard guidelines and is safe for vehicles traveling on 41.īut there could be ways to prevent this, like alerting a driver when a box is being raised with an alarm. "And then our interstate 41 design team looking at an intermediate kind of fix, at this point.” and to prescribe national policies that govern truck and bus size and weight. “Right now, we’ve got a group of our structural engineers, project managers," explained Hamilton. transporting of steel and concrete bridge components larger than these. It hopes to have an answer within a week. The DOT is still working to determine what, if any changes, need to be made to the overpass. “What we’re aware of right now is that when the dump truck box hit the overpass, they hit the first southbound beam that you can see, and then damaged a few of the other beams,” said Hamilton. The incident had Highway 41 closed for over five and a half hours.īridge engineers continue to assess the damage. “In the upright position, depending on how far up it went, you know, fully upright, they could be about 17 feet tall, so that’s gonna hit a majority of bridges along interstate 41,” said Traffic Engineer Rod Hamilton. Wisconsin Department of Transportation officials say with the back of the dump truck sticking straight up, it likely wouldn’t have cleared that or any overpass. But that can cause serious damage to your car. "Typically, with a commercial vehicle, 13 feet, six inches is a typical height for most commercial vehicles. That moment was captured on a workplace security camera nearby. “We have to make sure that we are at the proper height – that’s the responsibility that we have as drivers," said Rob Behnke, director of truck driving at Fox Valley Technical College. At Fox Valley Technical College, truck driving instructors say students talk about height and obstacles. ![]()
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