US 276 in NC closed near Blue Ridge Parkway
Quoting from the WLOS ABC 13 traffic site,
"Updated: Monday, June 9 2014, 04:38 PM EDT U.S. 276 in Haywood County is closed to traffic traveling Cruso Road, from the intersection of Sharp Mountain Road to the Transylvania County line, near the Blue Ridge Parkway. Haywood County dispatchers tell News 13 a 125,000 pound crane went over an embankment at the top of the mountain, near the Parkway intersection. Crews on scene say the crane was traveling from South Carolina to Robbinsville, North Carolina. Dispatchers say it will take approximately five hours for another crane to get to that location to pull the wrecked crane out. The accident happened just before 1 p.m. Monday. The driver of the crane was transported to Mission Hospital. As a detour, drivers can take Hwy. 215 or Interstate 40."
That's a real curvy steep narrow stretch thru there. It's an old logging railroad bed, I think. I kind of have a feeling that someone looked at a flat map and said "That's the shortest route."
Of course, they could have a grand story if they sent a camera crew out there.... but that'd take having actual reporters at our self-proclaimed 'News Leader'. WLOS = We's LOSt.
Jim, "All's fair in love and eBay!"
"Updated: Monday, June 9 2014, 04:38 PM EDT U.S. 276 in Haywood County is closed to traffic traveling Cruso Road, from the intersection of Sharp Mountain Road to the Transylvania County line, near the Blue Ridge Parkway. Haywood County dispatchers tell News 13 a 125,000 pound crane went over an embankment at the top of the mountain, near the Parkway intersection. Crews on scene say the crane was traveling from South Carolina to Robbinsville, North Carolina. Dispatchers say it will take approximately five hours for another crane to get to that location to pull the wrecked crane out. The accident happened just before 1 p.m. Monday. The driver of the crane was transported to Mission Hospital. As a detour, drivers can take Hwy. 215 or Interstate 40."
That's a real curvy steep narrow stretch thru there. It's an old logging railroad bed, I think. I kind of have a feeling that someone looked at a flat map and said "That's the shortest route."
Of course, they could have a grand story if they sent a camera crew out there.... but that'd take having actual reporters at our self-proclaimed 'News Leader'. WLOS = We's LOSt.
Jim, "All's fair in love and eBay!"
