Oregon State Police (OSP) were called when the driver of a semi truck stopped his vehicle on the bridge and climbed above the bridges deck on the steel girders to its highest point shortly after 9 a.m.
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Oregon State Police (OSP) were called when the driver of a semi truck stopped his vehicle on the bridge and climbed above the bridges deck on the steel girders to its highest point shortly after 9 a.m.
By 8:30 a.m. there was nothing left of the building except for the metal skeleton structure that was erected just three years ago.
The Sherman County Sheriff’s Office posted photos of the TA Express truck stop on fire in Biggs Junction around 6:30 a.m. this morning, March 7. The post asks drivers and onlookers to avoid the area so that firefighters and emergency responders can do their jobs safely.
U.S. Senators Wyden and Merkley brought home $5.2 Million in grants for major upgrades in Biggs Junction and Dufur.
The Dalles Bridge, a steel-truss-cantilever bridge on U.S. 197 constructed in 1953, will begin undergoing construction to repair the failing bridge deck in March.