Heading East through Durham?

[Harrison]

Just a heads up, 401 closed east bound in Oshawa. Complete mess this morning. Check the news.

 

Just went passed it, will be a while cleaning it up.

Edited December 6, 2011 by Harrison

[lew]

Saw that on the TV this morning Phil. It's a real mess and they say the eastbound 401 may not re-open till around 10 A.M.

[Roy]

Here's what I have:

 

A fiery tractor-trailer collision is creating traffic chaos for people who use Canada's busiest highway.

 

Ontario Provincial Police have closed a stretch of Highway 401's eastbound lanes in Oshawa after a tractor-trailer crashed and caught fire early Tuesday morning.

 

Police said the lanes are expected to be closed between Stevenson and Ritson roads until 11:30 a.m. to allow engineers to inspect a bridge and the road to assess the damage and determine if any repairs are required.

 

OPP said the fiery crash occurred under the Simcoe Street overpass at about 1:40 a.m.

 

No injuries were reported.

 

Police said the tractor-trailer wasn't carrying any hazardous goods.

 

 

[vance]

The infamous Simcoe street bridge,the oldest and narrowest one on the 401.Its a wonder that there aren't more accidents there where the 2 outside lanes are squeezed in to allow 3 lanes of traffic.

 

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[GBW]

it was real bad looking at the 401 and Thickson at 7:15AM this morning because of it.