A massive fire resulting from a semi-truck bridge crash has caused big traffic problems, and called the safety of the bridge into question. Semi-truck bridge crash caused fire, gridlock Around 2:45 A.M. on November 11, a semi-truck jackknifed on the Brent Spence Bridge, a double-decker truss bridge over the Ohio River. The tractor-trailer was struck by another semi-truck—this one hauling 110 lbs of potassium hydroxide. The crash sparked the fire, fueled by 400 gallons of diesel. Both trucks went up in flames. Both truck drivers managed to escape without serious injury. Other vehicles had to back off the bridge, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. The resulting fire was so intense, both sides of the 4-lane bridge are still closed. As a main

I have been thinking a lot about route planning lately, as have many other Seattle residents and commuters. This kind of route planning is always a critical consideration for motor carriers and their commercial truck drivers. And I have seen what happens when they fail in their duty to consider and properly plan travel routes. Obviously, there are significant differences between a semi-truck and trailer and a passenger vehicle, namely size and weight. If you fail to plan an alternate route to work, you might get lost, or stuck in traffic. But when a semi-truck driver hauling a heavy trailer slams into a bridge, people get hurt. Route planning failure took out the Skagit River Bridge While moving an oversized