Update:

Traffic restrictions will be lifting on Circle Drive at the Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) Rail and Pedestrian Overpass, south of the Attridge Drive Overpass, early afternoon. CPKC structural engineers completed their inspection of the train bridge.

–Original Story–

Early Sunday afternoon another over-height vehicle cause damage, this time at the train bridge which is south of the Attridge Drive Overpass.

Traffic is restricted to one northbound lane; the curb lane has been closed. The bridge is owned by Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) Rail and traffic restrictions will remain in place for the rail and pedestrian overpass until CPKC engineers can assess the structure.

The inspections are expected to be complete today.  The roadway has been cleared of debris.

On March 5th an over-height load hit the overpass at Highway 11 and Highway 16 on the south side of Saskatoon.  Overpass repairs are underway and Highway 11 northbound median and centre lanes are closed while Circle Drive eastbound curb lane and acceleration lane are closed.

On March 12th, an over-height load also hit the overpass at 108th Street.

The current standard for new overpass construction in Canada, is a minimum clearance of 5.0 to 5.3 metres. In the three instances in Saskatoon the Highway 11 and Highway 16 overpass has a 4.88 metre clearance while both the overpass at 108th Street and the Train Bridge have clearance of 5.2 metres.

The City of Moose Jaw and its residents are painfully aware of the effect of structure impacts at the Highway #2 overpass going into the north end of the city which has been hit repeatedly in its 58 year history and is now the subject of a $33.7 million project to replace and raise the overpass that goes over the Trans-Canada Highway.

The northbound lane was raised last year form 4.5 metres to 5.3 and the southbound lane will be raised this year with work scheduled to be complete by the end of 2026.