Metal piece on bridge damages plow truck on highway, Altura MN
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TrafficA metal piece sticking up from a bridge on Highway 74 near Whitewater State Park caused damage to a plow truck cutting edge. Public works personnel reported the problem and arranged for inspection.
Audio|Heard on: Winona City/County Public Safety
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04:47
Transcript:
00:00
Go ahead, Nick.
00:04
Highway 74 north,
00:08
going northbound the bridge past the store.
00:13
There's a metal chunk sticking up out of the end of the bridge.
00:18
And the north side busted the center end of my cutting edge off the truck.
00:23
So I don't know what's causing that metal stick up, but somebody left to check out of thing.
00:31
Okay, I could check if Gary's got anybody in on the bridge here, they can take a peek at that.
00:43
It's sticking up to us,
00:45
cutting it right on the truck.
00:49
Oh, okay, I got, was it maybe a,
00:52
oh, I don't remember what the little pieces we call them plows,
00:56
something or another.
00:57
I'll get hold of Mark or Gary and see if we take a peek at it.
01:03
Sure, it's north side, the North Lips,
01:07
as you're going north side.
01:13
The one, so when you come off a 14 turn on 74 to head north, it's right around there.
01:20
Nick, you said that bridge or which one?
01:23
No, it's right in the park.
01:26
As you're going north, go past the park store and the parking lots there and it's that bridge right before the park office.
01:36
Yep, I got you know.
01:38
Okay, I'll give Gary a call.
01:41
Yeah, I'll treat the hill here, then I'll head back and I'll have to figure it out to get the back together.
01:48
Yep, yep, and then,
01:50
yeah, we can, if you need some help, let me know.
01:52
I'll get you some help too.
01:58
Plow straps for what you're thinking of.
02:01
Yep, that's right.
02:03
Did Mark, Mark was here earlier, is he still here, did he take off, you know?
02:11
I'm not sure, I've seen somebody behind me when I was setting up the sign.
02:16
I didn't know if that was Mark or who.
02:20
Okay, I could give Gary a call to.
02:29
60207-1-2.
02:35
Go ahead, Mark.
02:39
Were you looking for someone Gary's gone? I'm back in Winona, but Gary's gone for the day.
02:50
Mark, can you say that again? I'm sorry.
02:52
I didn't catch that.
02:56
Yeah, I'm back in Winona.
02:58
I just heard you were looking for someone.
03:01
Gary's gone for the rest of the day, so I didn't know if you were trying to get a hold of him or if you needed something.
03:11
Nick Pridale was plowing 74 down in Whitewater down there in the bridge north of the parking lot.
03:21
Yeah,
03:23
the store. The store down there, that bridge north of there.
03:27
There's a metal piece sticking up and it caught the plow and ripped the cutting edge off.
03:32
I didn't know if that was something that you would be able to take a look at and see what it was.
03:40
Yep, I can run down there and see what it is.
03:44
All right, sounds good.
03:47
Thanks, Mark.
03:48
If you can't find it or whatever, Mark, get a hold of me or get a hold of Nick Perdale.
03:51
He was down there.
03:55
All right, 10-4.
03:59
I can wait down here if you need me to or it's just down here around these corners here by the park store.
04:10
No, that's right.
04:12
Our car is going to hit it right now or will it wait until I get there? Otherwise, yeah, maybe you want to sit there and wait?
04:20
Well, cars are going over and it's not affecting the cars, but when I have my plow down here, it's the cutting end up.
04:37
All right, if it is not affecting cars, you can take off.
04:41
I can get down there and take a look at it and see what I can do with it.
04:47
All right, thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Whitewater State Park, 19041 MN-74, Altura, MN 55910
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