SUNOL, Calif. — Tons of mail headed for East Bay post offices will eventually get there in spite of a big-rig accident that shut down northbound I-680 today in Alameda County.
The big-rig that was contracted to haul 66,000 pounds of mail ended up on its side at about 5 a.m. and blocked all three lanes of northbound traffic at the bottom of the Sunol Grade in between the Andrade and Calaveras Road exits. All lanes were reopened at 12:14 p.m.

The delivery was headed to East Bay post offices after being sorted at a San Jose processing center. There were 41 containers that were holding the “large class” mail in place and prevented a bigger mess from happening. The magazines, ads and large envelopes had little chance of escaping.

“Aside from the mail that got impacted or crushed by the flow of the 60,000 pounds — the mail was intact and did not scatter all over the roadway,” said CHP Lt. James Libby.

via Big-rig delivering mail overturns in Sunol

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