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🌱 Why a Bay View bridge keeps sending wrecked trucks to West Milwaukee

West Milwaukee, Wisconsin Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hey there, West Milwaukee! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Why a Bay View bridge keeps sending wrecked trucks to West Milwaukee

Also on today's calendar: 75th Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Assn. Show & Sale and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 62 and low of 50 degrees.
  • Sunday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 67, low: 43.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 62 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Why so Many Trucks Succumb to the KK Can Opener (milwaukeemag.com) — A notorious low bridge in Milwaukee’s Bay View neighborhood, nicknamed the KK Can Opener, keeps shredding overheight trucks, and a repair specialist in West Milwaukee says his shop alone has seen several costly victims recently. Local escort drivers explain how rushed, poorly routed truckers and language barriers contribute to crashes, while the bridge’s online persona jokingly describes ‘eating’ six to eight trucks a year.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in West Milwaukee

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