A19 closed after bridge damaged by crash (From The Northern Echo)
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A19 closed after bridge damaged by crash
4:18pm Monday 30th January 2012 in Northallerton
THE A19 is closed in North Yorkshire after an HGV pulling a digger crashed into a ditch.
Police were called to the incident, on the northbhound carriageway at the Cleveland Tontine, near Northallerton, at 3pm.
The driver was uninjured, however the structure of the bridge was damaged.
Both the A19 and the bridge have been closed.
North Yorkshire Police are stopping traffic at the A684 and the A172, with Cleveland Police diverting traffic at Crathorne.
A structural engineer from the Highways Agency is on the way to the scene to assess the damage.
The road is expected to be closed for some time.
