BRIDGE COLLAPSE
(photos courtesy Plymouth County Engineer)
The Iowa State Patrol is investigating a rural Plymouth County bridge collapse south of Struble Thursday night.
Authorities were called to 120th street for a bridge that collapsed after a semi hauling an oversized load of round hay bales tried to cross.
The semi driver, identified as Conner Frasch, was not injured.
Mark Utesch farms land on both sides of the bridge.
Utesch didn’t use the bridge when moving heavy loads or equipment
He’s not sure if the bridge will be replaced
No one lives on the mile west of the bridge along 120th.
The truck has been removed from the scene, but a number of the round bales it was hauling remain at the site along West Branch Creek.
