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   From: cblasey@paloaltou.edu   
      
   An overweight tractor-trailer, hauling several tons of dry   
   beans, caused the collapse of a 100-year-old historic bridge in   
   North Dakota on Monday, officials said.   
      
   A 2005 Peterbilt semi-truck was driving on a weight-restricted   
   bridge over the Goose River near Northwood at around 1:15 p.m.   
   when the structure reportedly crumpled beneath it, causing the   
   trailer to hangover the west abutment, the Grand Forks County   
   Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.   
      
   Authorities said the total weight of the truck was 43 tons -- or   
   86,750 pounds -- and the bridge had a limit of only 14 tons.   
      
   The bridge, built in 1906, was listed on the National Register   
   of Historic Places.   
      
   Police issued the driver of the truck a citation for $11,400 and   
   estimate repairs to the landmark could cost anywhere between   
   $800,000 and $1,000,000.   
      
   It was not immediately clear if weight-limit signs were posted,   
   and police said the incident was still under investigation.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/us/100-year-old-north-dakota-bridge-   
   collapses-under-overweight-truck-carrying-several-tons-of-beans-   
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