After a Tank truck fire remains the Autobahn 40 between the Cross Kaiserberg and Mülheim-Dümpten closed for clean-up and construction work. Both the Road surface as well as one Railway bridge are badly damaged. "We must first check the stability of the bridge before we can start work," said a spokeswoman for Strasse.NRW Morgen. A bridge specialist from the state company and a railway employee were already on site that night. The investigations of the bridge are not yet completed.
The tanker truck with 35,000 liters of fuel burned out on Thursday afternoon on the A40 under a railway bridge. The fire was only extinguished after more than an hour. According to the police, the route section is expected locked for several days stay. Since rail traffic was initially not affected, as a rail spokeswoman said. The route section will not be used up to and including Sunday due to construction work.
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