DC 295 reopens after truck was wedged under railroad bridge

Courtesy Metropolitan Police Department

@DCPoliceTraffic pic.twitter.com/9CgluOurlm

— DC Police Traffic (@DCPoliceTraffic) June 24, 2016

NB DC-295 closed at Benning Road. Overheight load wedged under CSX rail bridge. @WTOPtraffic pic.twitter.com/6rO37to238

— Dave Dildine (@DildineWTOP) June 24, 2016

Another view of truck wreck on DC-295, closed NB at Benning Road. @WTOPtraffic pic.twitter.com/hPq6YYc3tc

— Dave Dildine (@DildineWTOP) June 24, 2016

Here's why @TrafficBooth is urging "self-divert" before DC-295. Crawling at Pennsylvania Ave. pic.twitter.com/l4eeHtnfrv

— Dave Dildine (@DildineWTOP) June 24, 2016

Crews on DC-295 dismantling shipping container than clipped CSX bridge. The NB lanes are closed. pic.twitter.com/trteIMi9hj

— Dave Dildine (@DildineWTOP) June 24, 2016

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WASHINGTON – A stretch of D.C. 295 was closed to traffic for more than three hours Friday after a tractor trailer became wedged underneath a railroad overpass triggering long delays along the highway and connecting corridors.

The lanes reopened about 1 p.m.

District transportation officials closed the highway from Pennsylvania Avenue to Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue in order to move the truck and inspect the bridge.

The railroad bridge was not marked with any visible height restrictions.

The truck became wedged after 9:30 a.m. at the overpass, which is north of Benning Road. Two cars were also involved in a related wreck. No injuries were reported.