Slick hill causes bus detour on East Hennepin, Minneapolis MN
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, a bus supervisor reported icy hill conditions creating a traffic hazard near East Hennepin Avenue and Stinson Boulevard in Minneapolis. Buses on eastbound Route 61 were detoured via Johnson Street and Broadway Street to avoid the slick area.
Audio|Heard on: Hennepin MN Transportation Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Forty-five for the Route sixty-one here on Hennepin just past the freeway.
00:07
Is there any way can we detour them somewhere other than here? This hill is really slick to the eastbound.
00:18
I wonder if we can send them to the north.
00:20
They can come back on Stinson.
00:23
Okay. Which is fine, it's just the intersection heading eastbound at Hennepin and Stinson is all very icy downhill.
00:35
Copy that. Are you thinking like Johnson to Broadway or Stinson?
00:41
Sorry, go ahead.
00:43
You think Johnson to Broadway to Stinson is okay?
00:47
Let's do that for the eastbound only.
00:49
Westbound's fine.
00:51
I believe. And then if you could find.
00:52
Put a call into Minneapolis to stand this.
00:57
I will try and get out of here before someone else gets hit.
01:00
Be careful there.
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Location mentioned:
E Hennepin Ave & Stinson Blvd NE, Minneapolis, MN 55414
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