Highway Forced Shut After Blizzard Pulls Down Powerlines

Part of Interstate 29 (I-29)was unopen connected Wednesday, March 19, aft a blizzard pulled down powerlines adjacent the Port Neal exit, connected the southbound broadside of Sioux City, Iowa.

This footage, posted to Facebook by Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office, shows postulation banked up arsenic exigency crews enactment to repair the fallen powerlines.

The Iowa Department of Transportation confirmed successful an update astatine astir 7:30 p.m. CDT it had reopened the I-29 from Sergeant Bluff to Missouri Valley.

“The roadway was closed mid-morning owed to highly hazardous driving conditions and downed powerlines,” it said. “The interchange astatine Port Neal, exit 135, volition stay closed overnight until crews tin wide adjacent downed powerlines.”

The National Weather Service had issued a hazardous upwind advisory, informing “patchy blowing snowfall remains possible.” Credit: Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office via Storyful