long queues formed after the accident. Photo: Anders Humlebo / TT
It was at half three-time in the morning a truck accident in Södertälje Bridge put a stop to all traffic south. Two people who were traveling in the truck were taken to Södertälje Hospital with minor injuries, according to police. While injured bridge that must now be repaired.
– The forecast is that it will take two weeks before you can go south on the bridge. We have made an initial inspection, and must now do mass calculations to obtain a more reliable forecast says Beisi Sundin, press communications officer at the Swedish Transport Administration, said.
Carolina Kühnemann with family are some of those affected by the motorway bridge off. They went away from Bromma in Stockholm at half past nine o’clock this morning to drive to Oxelosund and celebrate midsummer with friends. At five o’clock in the afternoon, they sat still stuck in the queue.
– People have such patience. It’s unbelievable. It is worst for those who have small children, they get to walk around and walk with them.
Some people started spontaneously Midsummer celebrations on the road, including two musicians who performed “Small frogs “and” Fox surprises over the ice, “to other road users’ delight.
at seven in the evening could traffic diverted through a temporary exit to the Salt Lake Bridge, from where it can be run on E4 again and further south, says Transport Agency.
Since the bridge will not open boat traffic also affected by the shutdown. Only at lunchtime allowed recreational boats pass under the bridge. However, it is completely stop for vessels with a height of over 26 meters to the Lake Mälaren, according to the Maritime Administration. Until the middle of next week, these are five ships. Some alternative routes into the Lake Malaren is not.
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