(FOX40.COM) - - Those driving along Highway 70 in Marysville experienced an unexpected hold-up on Wednesday afternoon after an eighteen-wheeler crashed into a railway overcrossing, according to Caltrans District 3.

The big rig crashed into the railway trestle along the typical of the highway near 18th Street while a number of railcars were found on the crossing.

Traffic was dropped in both instructions for a little over an hour as Union Pacific teams checked the structure.

At 1:24 p.m., Caltrans revealed that the eighteen-wheeler had been eliminated from under the railway trestle and traffic was reopened in both directions.

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Highway 70 starts in western Sutter County at its split with State Route 99, south of Nicolas and continues north through the Sacramento Valley before turning east and then southeast towards the Nevada border and its terminus with U.S. Route 395.