Mass attack of snow plows
Here they come. Bismarck’s Street Crew is standing shoulder to shoulder to clear out Highway 83 in Bismarck.
The army of snowplows takes precedence over general traffic to clear a route out of town toward the north. It’s the first leg of clean highway that the state and city keeps open so that power plant and coal mine workers can get to their jobs.
I was leaving town to head back to Wilton when I saw the street brigade headed my way. There was no way I was going to get out in front of them because traffic was too heavy. So, I consigned myself to follow them north and take a few photos as I went.
As in any city with multi-lane streets and highways, there’s no place to pile the snow should one plow be sent out. So the plows take all the snow from across the lanes and move it off to the ditch. And to do it without causing traffic accidents with the large windrows of snow down the street, the road graders do it in one concerted move.
Follow the plow
Of course it means a few drivers will be inconvenienced for a few minutes as the plows do their job. But it’s worth it. They leave behind clean and safe streets. How well does your city crews keep open your streets? Good? Bad? Medium?
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