{"id":496677,"date":"2026-02-24T16:52:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/496677\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T16:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:52:15","slug":"east-perimeter-closed-as-truck-hangs-off-overpass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/496677\/","title":{"rendered":"East Perimeter closed as truck hangs off overpass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Traffic is backing up on the East Perimeter Highway Tuesday morning after a vehicle was left hanging over the Trans-Canada Highway overpass.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews are on scene in the southbound lanes of the East Perimeter, where the truck is partially over the rail overpass near the Trans-Canada Highway, also known as Fermor Avenue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Winnipeg Police Service says both directions of the East Perimeter are now closed in both directions on the overpass.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>TRAFFIC ADVISORY: Perimeter Highway closed both directions at the Fermor overpass.<\/p>\n<p>All emergency response teams are on scene, and no injuries are reported. To avoid delays, choose an alternative route.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 Winnipeg Police (@wpgpolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wpgpolice\/status\/2026307809734766877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Callers to the Shine Dental Talk &amp; Text Line report that southbound lanes are closed, and commuters are being diverted onto the westbound lanes of the Trans-Canada Highway.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses describe a significant emergency response in the area, and large delays.<\/p>\n<p>The WPS says that no injuries have been reported. It remains unclear how long the closure will stay in place.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists are advised to avoid the area and expect delays.<\/p>\n<p>More to come<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Traffic is backing up on the East Perimeter Highway Tuesday morning after a vehicle was left hanging over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-496677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}