Truck scrapes railroad bridge on Des Moines’ east side

DES MOINES, Iowa — Des Moines police are investigating after a truck scraped the underside of a railroad bridge on the city’s east side Wednesday morning.

It happened around 9:30 a.m. in the westbound lanes of E. University Avenue just east of I-235. Sgt. Paul Parizek, spokesperson of the Des Moines Police Department, said the truck’s load scraped against the bridge, leaving broken glass and debris on the roadway.

A sign posted on the bridge lists its clearance as 13 feet and six inches.

Police blocked off some of the lanes in order to clean up the road…

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