SENECA, NY (AP) -- Authorities say a pedestrian bridge over am upstate New York road has been removed after it collapsed when struck by a truck carrying herbicides.
No one was injured Wednesday afternoon when the truck failed to clear the 24-foot-long bridge over Routes 5 and 20 in the Ontario County town of Seneca, 35 miles southeast of Rochester.
State Department of Transportation officials say the bridge had a posted clearance of 14 feet. Police say the truck driver misjudged the height and slammed into the overpass.
The span was formerly part of a railway that was turned into a 23-mile trial linking Canandaigua and Phelps. A local trail organization recently spent about $50,000 to repair and reopen the bridge after it was damaged when previously struck by truck.
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