Traffic was crawling along on Highway 1 in Langley for hours on Tuesday morning.
A semi-truck carrying a container was heading south on the highway when the container struck the Glover Road overpass.
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It slid off the back of the truck and ended up blocking the right-hand lane.
Traffic was moving slowly through the single lane beside it but remained very heavy in the area.
Crews have now removed the container off the road.