Overpass Strike

• Work underway to repair overpass strike damages on Highway 99

  The work started Saturday morning and has reduced Highway 99 to one lane of traffic in each direction, which will last until at least 5 p.m. on Sunday.

  Canada

  Apr 20
  
• Caught on video: Commercial vehicle hits overpass near George Massey Tunnel

  A government investigation has been opened after an overpass strike at the George Massey Tunnel.

  Canada

  Mar 27
  
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• Cube van strikes pedestrian bridge in Stanley Park

  A cube van struck the overpass on Stanley Park Drive almost in front of the Vancouver Rowing Club around 12:15 p.m. A witness said there was no apparent damage to the bridge.

  Traffic

  Mar 25
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• Could Calgary-style warning sensors help stop B.C. overpass strikes?

  Between 2011 and 2018, the City of Calgary installed overw-height detection sensors at half a dozen locations in its downtown core.

  Canada

  Feb 16
• B.C. cancels licence of trucking company involved in overpass strikes

  B.C. Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Rob Fleming said Chohan Freight Forwarders had its B.C. operating licence cancelled due to multiple highway overpass strikes.

  Canada

  Feb 16
• Eby zings suspended truck company: ‘I hope they don’t run into a bridge’

  "British Columbians, especially in the Lower Mainland, have been, astonished and frustrated by the number of overpass strikes," David Eby said at a press conference Wednesday.

  Politics

  Feb 7
• Commute into Kelowna slowed by construction

  Damage to the Highway 97 overpass occurred Oct. 3, 2023, when an MJI contracting Inc. vehicle with an excavator onboard clipped the overpass.

  Traffic

  Jan 29
• Repair work on West Kelowna, B.C. overpass to start soon

  Work to repair the Westside Road overpass damaged last October is slated to begin later this month, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure said in a statement.

  Traffic

  Jan 16
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• Probe launched after overheight truck believed to have scraped Metro Vancouver overpass

  Officials with B.C.'s Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement team caught up with the truck and pulled it over just past the Brunette Overpass in Coquitlam.

  Traffic

  Jan 16
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• ‘There is no excuse’: Frustration mounts due to overpass strikes in B.C.

  Frustration is mounting about commercial trucking operations in B.C. after a driver scraped the top of the Massey Tunnel Wednesday night.

  Traffic

  Jan 11