Wind Turbine Part Gets Wedged Under Bridge, Forcing Highway Closure

Long delays in traffic have been predicted after a truck carrying a wind turbine part failed to clear a busy overpass.

Wind turbines dot the landscape at Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm in Wales, the UK, on Aug. 1, 2024. Carl Court/Getty Images

A massive wind turbine hub remained wedged under the Mount Crosby Bridge over Queensland’s Warrego Highway in the Ipswich region hours after it first became lodged on the morning of May 16.

A truck carrying the large component—which connects the blades to the shaft—struck the bridge shortly after 1.30 a.m. according to the Queensland Police Service.