{"id":462137,"date":"2026-02-06T11:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/462137\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T11:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:08:15","slug":"major-highway-closed-after-truck-carrying-excavator-hits-overhead-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/462137\/","title":{"rendered":"Major highway closed after truck carrying excavator hits overhead bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A major highway on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/queensland\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Queensland\">Queensland<\/a>&#8216;s Sunshine Coast has been closed after a truck carrying an excavator crashed into an overhead bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called to\ufeff the Bruce Highway at Tanawha after the crash happened at about 8.45am (AEST).<\/p>\n<p>Police said initial enquiries indicated a truck travelling southbound carrying an excavator hit the under\ufeff side of the Ilkey Road overpass.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/c0a4f2b2-496f-4d2b-97c2-96024fe32929.jpeg\"   alt=\"The crash resulted in delays on the Bruce Highway at Tanawha.\"\/>The crash resulted in delays on the Bruce Highway at Tanawha. (9News)<\/p>\n<p>The overpass has a height limit of 5.4m for vehicles travelling under it.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>No one was injured in the crash.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Police said multiple diversions have been put in place and the southbound lanes of the highway are expected to remain closed for most of the day.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/45bf4129-eade-45d5-8396-2a019d09db7b.jpeg\"   alt=\"The overpass has a height limit of 5.4m for vehicles travelling under it.&#xFEFF;\"\/>The Ilkey Road overpass has a height limit of 5.4m for vehicles travelling under it.\ufeff (Andrew Wallace MP)According to government transport update website \ufeff<a href=\"https:\/\/qldtraffic.qld.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Qld Traffic\">Qld Traffic<\/a>, nearby Ilkley Road is also closed and diversions are in place via Maroochydore Road southbound.\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Motorists have been told to expect long delays.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/df877c72-5035-499d-a845-640116aff4ed.jpeg\"   alt=\"Truck carrying an excavator crashed into an overhead bridge.\"\/>A major highway on Queensland&#8217;s Sunshine Coast has been closed after a truck carrying an excavator crashed into an overhead bridge. (9News)<\/p>\n<p>Sunshine Coast Police senior sergeant Scott Wiggins said the crash appeared to have caused &#8220;significant damage&#8221; to the bridge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The damage is currently being inspected by engineers,&#8221; Wiggins said.<\/p>\n<p>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A major highway on Queensland&#8216;s Sunshine Coast has been closed after a truck carrying an excavator crashed into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-462137","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}