Traffic resumes after intense flooding rips out part of TCH near Springdale
Wednesday, April 14th 2021, 8:36 am - One lane is open after day-long delays
Traffic has resumed on the Trans-Canada Highway in central Newfoundland, after heavy rains helped cause a washout that replaced the road just west of Springdale junction with a canyon and rendered it impassable.
That section of highway, near the Blue Canoe campground, caved early Tuesday morning, with the RCMP reporting it gave way as two transport trucks were driving across it. A pickup truck that managed to make it across ahead of the trailers was also damaged, but police said no one was hurt.
Traffic resumes after intense flooding rips out part of TCH near Springdale
Traffic has resumed on the Trans-Canada Highway in central Newfoundland, after heavy rains helped cause a washout that replaced the road just west of Springdale junction with a canyon and rendered it impassable.
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Repairs have been made to allow some traffic to move through the area. (Garrett Barry/CBC)
Traffic has resumed on the Trans-Canada Highway in central Newfoundland, after heavy rains helped cause a washout that replaced the road just west of Springdale junction with a canyon and rendered it impassable.
That section of highway, near the Blue Canoe campground, caved early Tuesday morning, with the RCMP reporting it gave way as two transport trucks were driving across it. A pickup truck that managed to make it across ahead of the trailers was also damaged, but police said no one was hurt.
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It’s been raining across most of Newfoundland for days and the excess water is causing flooding and has damaged a highway.
Provincial officials tweeted pictures this morning of a yawning crevasse that opened across the Trans-Canada Highway near the town of Springdale, N.L., about 500 kilometres west of St. John’s.