Southbound QEII traffic from Ponoka blocked by lost bridge beam: RCMP

Ponoka-area drivers are being rerouted Thursday morning after a transport truck lost part of its load on Highway 2A. RCMP issued a traffic advisory around 6 a.m. about a large bridge beam that had fallen off a truck and was blocking the Highway 2A ramp onto southbound Highway 2 south of Morningside. Mounties expected it would take several hours to move the beam. Traffic is being directed from southbound Highway 2A onto Highway 604.