The Brockton PostBROCKTON--Traffic was stalled near Court and N. Montello streets after a tractor trailer became wedged beneath a railroad bridge Wednesday afternoon.
Tim McKean, an employee with Lynch's Towing, which was called to remove the truck, said his company is called up to 20 times a year to dislodge stuck trucks.
The trailer's cab was unhitched and the trailer's tires were flattened which gave the company enough room to pull the trailer out with a large tow truck.
The bridge is 13 feet, 6 inches in the middle and more than two inches less to the left and right--a design that requires truck drivers to move to the middle to pass under.
Keith Jackson, another Lynch's employee, said the road is narrow under the bridge and often drivers do not move over for large trucks to get through--a possibility for how the truck got stuck yesterday.
"When people won't move over this is what happens," Jackson said.
"Be courteous. Be considerate. We're all in a rush, but nobody's going anywhere now," Jackson said.
The accident shut down a portion of the roadway from about 2:45 p.m. to about 3:30 p.m. No one was injured in the accident. 
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