U.S. Highway 2 was blocked or partially blocked for nearly five hours near Maple on Monday after a semitrailer overturned in a crash with another vehicle, spilling wood chips across the highway.
The incident was reported around 3:15 p.m. at Bayfield Road, near the Maple Community Center. All lanes of traffic were blocked while crews worked to clean up the scene. Passenger vehicles were being rerouted through a gravel road detour, but oncoming tractor-trailers were being forced to wait along the side of Highway 2.
The Wisconsin State Patrol responded to the accident.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation reported that just before 8 p.m. all lanes were open.
There was no immediate word on the cause or the crash or any injuries.
1/4: A Douglas County Highway Department worker looks over the accident scene on U.S. Highway 2 near Maple Monday afternoon, March 30. A semi truck overturned, dumping a load of wood chips and blocking all lanes of traffic. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)
2/4: A vehicle waits to be loaded onto a wrecker after colliding with a semi truck U.S. Highway 2 near Maple Monday afternoon, March 30. The semi truck overturned, dumping a load of wood chips and blocking all lanes of traffic. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)
3/4: Workers pick up debris at the accident scene on U.S. Highway 2 near Maple Monday afternoon, March 30. A semi truck overturned, dumping a load of wood chips and blocking all lanes of traffic. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)
4/4: Workers walk through wood chips after a semi truck collided with a vehicle and dumped it’s load across U.S. Highway 2 near Maple Monday afternoon, March 30. The accident blocked all lanes of traffic. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)
