Damaged road sign obstructs lane near Franklin St, Allentown PA
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency personnel discussed a possible traffic hazard near Franklin Street and the 15th Street bridge in Allentown. A sign and pole appeared to be damaged and sticking out into the roadway, obstructing a traffic lane near Martin Luther King Jr Drive.
Audio|Heard on: Lehigh PA Public Works Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
00:43
Transcript:
00:00
Hey, on Franklin Street coming off 15th Street.
00:03
Bridge around the turn,
00:06
somebody must have hit a sign.
00:07
The pole's sticking out in the street.
00:10
Hey (name withheld).
00:12
Yeah, go ahead.
00:13
It's you, so I'm just letting you know I got to go in and get this truck hooked up that the engine light came on.
00:20
Yeah, copy, I got you.
00:22
All right, 10-4.
00:23
Who called in about a downed sign?
00:26
Yeah, right at the bottom of the ramp, somebody must have run into that sign.
00:30
It's kind of sticking out.
00:31
In the oncoming traffic lane.
00:33
Sorry, I didn't get the location earlier.
00:35
What was that? What ramp?
00:38
It's right off of Franklin Street near the 15th Street bridge when you're going down to Martin Luther King Jr Drive.
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Location mentioned:
Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Allentown, PA
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