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Light pole blocks traffic on Highway 16 near shopping area

Heard on: LaCrosse County Sheriff Dispatch
03:17
00:00
The light pole is not going to be in the parking lot of SCHEELS.
audio iconRoad Closure
WI-16, La Crosse, WI 54601
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As discussed during the dispatch call, deputies responded to a light pole that had fallen across both directions of Highway 16 near a shopping complex in La Crosse. The lanes were blocked, and assistance was requested from the Department of Transportation to move the pole and repair the connected wires. Traffic was stopped temporarily until the obstruction could be cleared.

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