Oversized truck hits bridge on i-45 northbound in Houston, Houston TX


An oversized load truck struck a bridge on Interstate 45 northbound near the McKinney flyover in Houston. Multiple freeway ramps are closed while the truck is backed up to manage traffic and ensure safety.
Audio|Source: Houston Police Department - All Districts
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Transcript:
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We're going to need to shut down, just a second, we're going to need to shut down 45 at the,
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at 59 coming northbound.
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Because we're going to have to back this truck up all the way to 59.
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Is it around?
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That's clear.
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I don't see where that falls under a suicide.
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You're clear to hold it in the moment.
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We can pull.
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That's what the floor's found, right?
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That's correct.
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Okay, that's clear.
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But once you wrote through, you probably got to shut down 59 to the rent.
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If we found more found out as well, that feeds into the piers.
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That's how we usually got to do it.
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See, I was submitting.
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For evening.
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You're on there, knowledge.
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Good drivers where you're at.
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...dial info times 2 with the FTO office.
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Good afternoon.
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That's good, good afternoon.
01:16
Thank you. That's clear, sir.
01:18
You don't want to dump it off the Emancipation on the Gulf Freeway Northbound? Yeah,
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that's clear. We have thought of term around and the people that we usually do please high loads and it's almost to incent an emancipation.
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Okay, 35-0-90s go shut down, call freeway inbound.
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Make sure everybody on emancipation.
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Also need another M.R.T.
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to shut down, a northbound ramp for a 59 southbound.
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And another M.R.T.
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to shut down 288 inbound to 45 northbound ramp.
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75 northbound ramp.
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75-030. You can clear me and I'll hit 2.45 in emancipation.
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That's right there.
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75 to 95, same copy.
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I'll set down with 45 in the next station.
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Correct, 45.
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75.
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705, 021. You say 288 and 45?
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If you can shut down 288 northbound to 45 northbound they got an oversized load bridge strike 45 northbound at McKinney flyover rent so they're going to back it up.
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I also need an MRT 59 southbound to the 45 northbound rent to shut it down.
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75 to 119 you can show me clear and I'll head that way.
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Yes sir thank you.
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Go ahead and use your calls when you're up there.
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Okay.
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I appreciate it, Charles. Just let us know when everything shut down so we can start working on this truck.
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I-45, Houston, TX
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