Brandon's Daly Overpass closed for most of Thursday morning after train derailment
CBC News | Posted: August 10, 2023 12:25 PM | Last Updated: August 10, 2023
18th Street reopened to traffic at around 11 a.m., police say
A train derailment damaged Brandon's Daly Overpass and closed down a busy street in the southwestern Manitoba city for much of Thursday morning.
Three Canadian Pacific Railway cars left the track and at least one hit a concrete support of the Daly Overpass sometime before 1:45 a.m., Brandon police said in a news release.
The rail cars were not carrying any hazardous goods, but the overpass was visibly damaged as a result, police said.
Earlier Thursday, 18th Street (Highway 10 outside the city) on both sides of the Daly Overpass was closed as engineers investigated whether the structure's safety had been compromised.
It was reopened at around 11 a.m., police said.
A new overpass is under construction and hasn't opened yet, so the traffic closure was significant, Brandon police Sgt. Kirby Sararas told CBC earlier Thursday morning.
"It really kind of has put a bit of curb on people's morning commute on their way to work," she said.