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As if there wasn’t enough traffic on Phoenix-area highways from people crashing into each other, there are also some weirder things that land on the highways and ruin your commute.
Thanks to the Arizona Department of Transportation’s traffic cameras, we can show you the most bizarre things that have messed up your commute around Phoenix this year:
See also:
–10 Weird Things That Ruined Your Commute Around Phoenix in 2013
10.) A semi on both sides of the highway
U.S. 60 to I-10 West ramp, August 11.
9.) A little dust
Loop 101 and Warner Road, July 26.
8.) Tile
I-17 and Indian School, August 6.
7.) Fallen cable
Loop 101 and University Drive, August 3.
6.) Kitchen sink
State Route 51 and Thunderbird Road, July 19.
5.) Ladder
Loop 101 at U.S. 60, July 11.
4.) All of a family’s possessions*
This moving truck actually went down on Interstate 10 in Tucson on July 4.
3.) Mattress
U.S. 60 and Priest, June 30.
2.) Chile peppers
Interstate 17, June 30.
1.) Police officers chasing birds
U.S. 60 and Val Vista Drive, May 30. It’s probably the weirdest, but we can’t tell how it affected traffic.
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