Stalled van blocks roadway on Broadway Ave, Minneapolis MN
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As discussed during the dispatch call, a bus driver reported a stalled van blocking traffic near Oakdale under the Broadway Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis. The driver, traveling near North Memorial, was unable to pass the vehicle and requested an alternate route to continue the bus route. No injuries or other hazards were mentioned.
Audio|Heard on: Hennepin MN Transportation Group Calls
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02:3
Transcript:
00:00
I'm right now doing the work team, but I have to do the 32 after this.
00:04
And there's a stalled van in the direction that I'm going, going towards the mall.
00:14
So I don't think I'm gonna be able to get around it.
00:16
Y'all gonna have to find me an alternative route.
00:19
Sir, are you still en route for the Route 14, correct?
00:23
I yeah, but nobody's in the van and it's parked there on the hood.
00:28
Copy,
00:30
just want to confirm your location.
00:32
Where are you right now?
00:34
Right now I'm headed to this transit center, but I do the 32 next, so which means I have to keep straight over here by North Memorial.
00:43
And you know how the streets are tight, so I won't be able to get out.
00:48
There's a barrier there as well.
00:50
Copy that. Where is the car located? Is it on Oakdale?
00:55
It's past Oakdale.
00:57
Well, maybe it is Oakdale.
00:58
It's right there under the bridge where you're turning to go.
01:03
Well, as soon as you—it's under the bridges, off-roadway bridges, Broadway bridges right there when you pass those.
01:11
Copy. Well, if that's the case then why don't you—so from Oakdale there under the bridge, do you continue? On to Lowry Avenue.
01:25
Yeah, I continue on to Lowry when I'm doing the 32 and it's right there when you continue on to Lowry from North Memorial,
01:35
which means it's one lane going each way.
01:38
And it's yeah, one lane each way just in the room for a car.
01:45
Copy. Let me uh.
01:48
I'll see you some directions on how to get or bypass that on C-NET.
01:55
Okay, we'll do it.
01:56
I don't know.
01:57
It might not be there when I get there.
01:58
I just wanted to know which way y'all would want me to go in case it is.
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Location mentioned:
Broadway Ave Bridge, Minneapolis, MN
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