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40-tonne ‘pipe’ on A66 to be hoisted by crane one week after it fell …

The “pipe” that tumbled onto the A66 last week is set to be hoisted by a crane.
The westbound carriageway was forced to close on Wednesday last week after the mammoth 20-metre “pipe” – which has now been confirmed to be a gas heat exchanger – tumbled o…

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Huge pipe tumbles from lorry onto A66 leaving trail of destruction

A mammoth pipe tumbled from the back of a lorry onto the A66[1] causing a trail of destruction.
Emergency repairs are underway on the major Teesside route, between Cargo Fleet Lane and North Ormesby[2], after the 20-metre pipe fell from the lorry and l…