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fct Highway 61| Bridge ShutiSemi Crash Closes25is-Road for 33 MilesonUtW-ndilyBCtivetu-iy'nntn-)nn-toidnt45P-thleMAQUOKETA, la. - All traf-fic was closed on Highway 61sly south from Dubuque to Maquo-to keta, la., Thursday after aet-iheavy semitrailer rammed a*small bridge about 25 miles de south of Dubuque.;ec*j Jackson County Sheriff Clar-ence Hinke advised motorists to rd make a detour through Bellevue, la., on Highways 62 and 52-67. r d At Bellevue they can travel west ar on Highway 62 to Maquoketa or ol. continue straight to Davenport lit. on 67.The trailer was considered a total loss by patrolmen Its load of 16 tons of powdered milk in 100-pound bags was salvaged.The driver, Earl W. Smith,47, of E. Omaha, Neb., underwent X-rays Thursday morning in Jackson County Public Hospital in Maquoketa. He was I listed in “good” condition.Trucks were banned from crossing the bridge immediately jafter the accident at 12;54 p.m. at Wednesday. The bridge weaken-h ed during the night while cars crossed it, and the highway commission ordered the bridge closed to all traffic, shutting off through traffic from a 33-mile s- stretch of Highway 61.The southbound truck apparently missed a curve on the highway, and struck the Mayberry Bridge spanning Terrico Creek.The trailer broke loose from the cab, jackknifed over the concrete bridge railing and hung!s* up on the other end.The rear dual wheels of the!® cab were torn off and flew into!® the creek bottom. ®A fire broke out in the rcfri-|h( geration unit on the front of oftodc5ISm?d*t.erWRECK—Continued on Pago Eightsoill mm
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Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Thu, Nov 21, 1963
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