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Road now open at Shoemaker Hill

The tight turns of Shoemaker Hill proved to be too much for a commercial truck.
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Ben’s Towing, near the sign warning trucks not to go up the steep hill, gets ready to tow a large semi truck and trailer off Shoemaker Hill Thursday morning. Image credit: Ben’s Towing, Facebook.

The tight turns of Shoemaker Hill proved to be too much for a commercial truck.

The twisty road down the hill was opened as of 9:30 a.m. after a towing company removed the truck, which couldn’t make the turn.

Shoemaker Hill is the section of 10th Avenue SE that is closed in the winter below the intersection with 5th Street SE.