Motorcycle crash closes University Bridge, snarls traffic in Saskatoon morning commute

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The collision happened adjacent the downtown extremity of the bridge. Police closed down conveyance and pedestrian postulation and taped disconnected entree from 25th Street, Spadina Crescent, College Drive and Clarence Avenue.

Car and motorcycle collided astatine 7:30 a.m. CST

Dan Zakreski · CBC News

· Posted: May 29, 2025 11:17 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

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University Bridge successful Saskatoon was closed Thursday greeting aft a clang betwixt a motorcycle and a car. The motorcycle slid disconnected the span onto 25th Street. (Dan Zakreski/CBC)

A superior collision betwixt a car and a motorcycle astir 7:30 a.m. CST unopen down the University Bridge astatine the highest of Saskatoon's greeting commute connected Thursday.

The collision happened adjacent the downtown extremity of the bridge. Police closed down conveyance and pedestrian postulation and taped disconnected entree from 25th Street, Spadina Crescent, College Drive and Clarence Avenue. The motorcycle slid astir 100 metres past the clang point, leaving a debris way and coming to remainder against a curb connected 25th Street.

Police did not supply accusation connected the information of the rider.

City crews were mounting up barricades astatine some ends of the span and constabulary were telling pedestrians that it would stay closed for an chartless magnitude of time.

The closure affected postulation crossed the city. The Broadway Bridge is already closed for maintenance. Drivers coming downtown connected College Drive were shifted to the Victoria Bridge, which is already clogged due to the fact that the roundabout astatine its downtown basal is partially closed, forcing drivers to divert done a convoluted circuit that passes successful beforehand of the Remai Modern creation museum.

More to come.

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Dan Zakreski is simply a newsman for CBC Saskatoon.

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