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Tractor-trailer gets stuck in downtown Portsmouth, Virginia, tunnel

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Tractor-trailer gets stuck in downtown Portsmouth, Virginia, tunnel
This tractor-trailer became stuck inside the Downtown Tunnel on Monday, March 11, 2024, after ignoring the height restriction signs, according to the Virginia State Police (VSP) (Courtesy: VSP)

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — According to Virginia State Police, the driver of an 18-wheeler ignored height restrictions signs before entering the Downtown Tunnel on Monday in Portsmouth, Virginia.

The truck became stuck just before 10:30 a.m., closing the westbound Interstate 264 tube.

No injuries have been reported.

As of 1 p.m. on Monday, the westbound lanes of the tunnel were still closed, according to police. A detour has been put into place.

Drivers approaching the tunnel on westbound I-264 are being diverted to southbound Interstate 464.

Photos from inside the tunnel showed debris scattered as a result of accident.

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Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and raised in East Texas, John Worthen returned to his home state to attend college in 1998 and decided to make his life in The Natural State. Worthen is a 20-year veteran of the journalism industry and has covered just about every topic there is. He has a passion for writing and telling stories. He has worked as a beat reporter and bureau chief for a statewide newspaper and as managing editor of a regional newspaper in Arkansas. Additionally, Worthen has been a prolific freelance journalist for two decades, and has been published in several travel magazines and on travel websites.
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Can happen 2 Anyone🤓Not paying attention… or One that trusts dispatchers for a routing.
Me 1st trip on US20 in Upstate N’York during winter: signs for an overpass labeled a Full Foot LESS than actual.
It shore wuz difficult getting correct measurements w/ my great-grampa’s fold-up 6ft. wooden rule!
P.S.- Woren’t no ice upon road.

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