Home Bargains lorry gets stuck under bridge - causing long delays
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDrivers are facing long delays - and trains have been disrupted - after a lorry got stuck under a railway bridge. The Home Bargains got into trouble in Walkden, Salford, at around 10.50am on Friday (September 8).
A section of Memorial Road was closed approaching the bridge, near Walkden station. Images from the scene show the lorry wedged underneath the structure, just past a sign warning drivers of the low bridge.
Police and Network Rail engineers are at the scene as attempts amid attempts to clear the area. Rail services were disrupted following the crash. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features Network Rail cleared the bridge as safe for trains to run over it again at around 12.50pm.
A spokesperson for Network Rail said: "Rail passengers and road users faced needless delays for nearly two hours this lunchtime after a heavy goods vehicle hit a railway bridge at Walkden station. “We immediately sent someone to the scene to inspect the bridge and fortunately there was no structural damage.
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