I-16E re-opened near Dublin after tractor trailer hits bridge

UPDATE: Both lanes of I-16E near Dublin are open again after they were shut down Monday morning.

A tractor trailer carrying a large piece of equipment collided with the Highway 441 overpass. Both lanes were shut down at Exit 51 for more than three hours.

Georgia Department of Transportation’s District Two Communications Specialist, Kyle Collins says three of the bridge’s beams need to be replaced and one needs to be repaired.

Highway 441 in Dublin is still damaged. Police are directing traffic into the center lane.

DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – All lanes of I-16 East are shutdown near Dublin after a tractor trailer couldn’t clear the Highway 441 overpass Monday morning.

Georgia Department of Transportation’s District Two Communications Specialist, Kyle Collins says the accident happened around 10:30 a.m. A tractor trailer carrying a large piece of equipment was going full speed on I-16 East when the piece of equipment hit the overpass. Four beams were damaged.

GDOT is currently repairing the bridge. All traffic on I-16 East is being forced off the interstate at Exit 51.

The damaged portion of I-16 is closed indefinitely. GDOT is urging all people traveling east on I-16 towards Savannah to take a different route.