Road closure affects bus route near Germantown, Germantown MD
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Road ClosureAs discussed during the dispatch call, a bus driver reported that a section of Route 55 was closed near Middlebrook and Frederick roads in Germantown, prompting a detour through nearby roads. Drivers communicated over radio to coordinate alternate routes around the closure.
Audio|Heard on: Montgomery MD Transportation Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:51
Transcript:
00:00
There is a detour on the 55 if the road is closed.
00:04
Yeah, we know there's a detour on the 55.
00:07
The road is closed.
00:08
What's the problem?
00:10
The road is closed.
00:14
Yeah, we know that you didn't follow the detour.
00:18
Yeah, so can you guide me from where I am now?
00:24
In your clever system, you should have got the detour on your bus.
00:30
It's a comfort device just so you know.
00:33
It's just a nice sharp (number withheld).
00:37
So he's telling me he's not showing up on your bus.
00:41
I'm looking at it and.
00:43
It says you got the detail on your bus.
00:47
All right, stand by.
00:50
I gotta see where you at.
00:53
Yeah.
00:55
Oh, no way of these seven not telling me nine.
01:00
Are you on your way to Rockville?
01:03
So from Frederick Road or to Middlebrook?
01:10
Middlebrook Road, Middlebrook Road.
01:11
Make a left on I-270, right onto Watkins Mill Road, and left on Frederick Road.
01:20
Right on Travis, back on route.
01:23
You copy? Follow the detail and clever.
01:27
Follow the detail and cleaver.
01:30
Get on I-270.
01:32
You can't get on.
01:33
Oh, you passed it.
01:38
All right, stay right there.
01:39
Just stay right there. Right there.
01:42
Make a left on the next street, Scenery Drive.
01:46
Take that up to Germantown Road.
01:51
Okay, thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Middlebrook Road & Frederick Rd, Germantown, MD 20876
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