The trucking company said it received a state permit to carry its oversized load across the bridge.

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The question becomes: How do you handle such an oversized load of ideas?

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An initial investigation shows the 1, 111-foot-long bridge collapsed when a tractor-trailer hauling an oversized load hit one of the bridge's overhead tresses, according to Deborah Hersman, chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the incident.

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