Passenger Trains > Pedestrian bridge falls on MARC Camden Line, DC Metro

Pedestrian Bridge Falls Onto Train Tracks, No One Hurt

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
APRIL 15, 2015, 7:50 PM

A crane struck a concrete pedestrian bridge on Wednesday afternoon just 
before rush hour, sending part of the span crashing onto commuter train 
tracks, officials said.

Luckily, no one was on the bridge and no trains — which run by as often as
every 6 minutes during rush hour — were barreling through. No one was hurt.

The bridge spans four Metro and MARC rail tracks in the Maryland town of 
Berwyn Heights, just outside Washington, The Washington Post reported.

Full story:

Pedestrian Bridge Falls Onto Train Tracks

MARC is operating normally this morning.  Washington Metro is not operating between Greenbelt Station and College Park and the Greenbelt Station is closed.
 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/16/15 08:27 by GenePoon.

The construction was for the third Metro track through there, being built as a test track for the new 7000 series cars.

Davis

The bridge did not acutally fall onto the Camden Line, service was only suspended for an hour or two until a bridge inspector determined that the remainder of the structure was not going to fall onto the tracks.

Camden Line patron.

TL