GPS-Obeying Truck Driver Collapses 100-Year-Old Bridge in North Dakota, Could Cost $10 Million to Repair

A photo provided by Grand Forks County Sheriff's Department shows an overweight semi has caused the collapse of a small, historic bridge near Northwood, N.D. on July 22, 2019. Grand Forks County Sheriff's Department via AP

An overweight tractor-trailer loaded with dried beans caused a bridge more than 100 years old to collapse in North Dakota, local police said.

The historic bridge spanning North Dakota’s Goose River collapsed in the afternoon of July 22, after a semitrailer exceeding the bridge’s weight limit by 300 percent drove over it, the Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.