2nd Street bridge crash semi towed upright - 3.1.24
A look at the semitruck after it was towed up from the side of the 2nd Street Bridge after two cars, a pickup truck and semitruck crashed, leaving the semitruck dangling over the edge of the bridge. (Photo courtesy of Suburban Towing on Facebook)
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The guardrails on the nearly 100-year-old bridge were inspected in September 2023, but no one anticipated a crash would send a tractor-trailer through the barrier and steel supports.
Two northbound lanes and one southbound lane will reopen to vehicles by 6 p.m.
Poise under pressure. That's what Louisville firefighter Bryce Carden exhibted as he was lowered by rope to a trapped semi driver whose big rig nearly plunged from the 2nd Street Bridge last Friday.
