Overpass Strike

• Saskatoon businessman develops technology to detect overpass strikes

  A local businessman has developed laser technology to detect overheight vehicles before they crash into an overpass following four strikes in Saskatoon earlier this year.

  Canada

  May 4
  
• Overpass strike in Surrey causing delays on Highway 1 eastbound

  Police are currently on the scene on Highway 1, working with the Ministry of Transportation and Transit to ensure the roadway is safe.

  Traffic

  Jan 14
  
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• More frustration after pair of over-height truck strikes in Fraser Valley

  Both vehicles, operated by different trucking companies, were carrying identical loads from the same shipper.

  Crime

  Apr 30, 2025
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• Box truck strikes Highway 1 Langley overpass

  Police said they received a call at 7:52 a.m. that a box truck had struck the CP Rail overpass on Highway 1 westbound just after 232 Street.

  Traffic

  Apr 16, 2025
• Truck hauling prefabricated home strikes Metro Vancouver overpass

  British Columbia's Highway Patrol says another commercial truck has hit an overpass in Metro Vancouver, causing no visible damage, but snarling traffic on Wednesday. 

  Mar 19, 2025
• Yet another Metro Vancouver overpass strike, this time on North Shore

  The B.C. Highway Patrol said a flat-deck tractor-trailer carrying a grader struck the Main Street overpass on Highway 1 in North Vancouver shortly before 9:30 a.m.

  Crime

  Feb 28, 2025
• ‘Stupidity’: Minister confirms B.C. trucking company licence suspended after overpass strike

  B.C.'s Minister of Transportation confirmed to Global News that the trucking company's entire fleet has had its licence suspended, pending an investigation.

  Traffic

  Feb 20, 2025
• Traffic slowed after truck carrying lumber load hits Highway 1 overpass

  BC Highway Patrol says a truck carrying lumber hit the Gilmore overpass along Highway 1 on Wednesday morning. Drivers should expect delays while it is cleared.

  Traffic

  Feb 5, 2025
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• Alberta truck driver fined, ticketed for hitting Abbotsford overpass

  The truck was driving westbound in the left lane of Highway 1 carrying a modular home when it struck the No. 3 Road overpass.

  Traffic

  Oct 15, 2024
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• 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, 2024