Crash Blocks Auckland's Southern Motorway

Publish date: Monday, 9 May 2016, 3:26PM

A truck carrying a digger in a trailer has hit the Penrose over bridge, blocking the middle and right hand lane of the southern motorway, southbound.

The arm of the digger has hit the over bridge, part of the Ellerslie Panmure southbound on-ramp, and a New Zealand Transport Agency spokeswoman said it needed to be assessed for damage, and is also closed.

She was unsure when it would reopen.

Heading south? Sthn Mwy heavily congested CBD to Penrose, consider Sth Wstn Mwy (SH20) currently flowing well ^TP pic.twitter.com/7VYDkTTOEJ
— NZTA Akld & Nthlnd (@NZTAAkl) May 9, 2016

Update: 2 Sth-bnd lanes, Penrose still blocked. Sthn Mwy Sth-bnd on-ramps at Ellerslie-Panmure, Greenlane & St Marks Rd all NOW CLOSED ^TP
— NZTA Akld & Nthlnd (@NZTAAkl) May 9, 2016

Update: Sthn Mwy congested Sth-bnd city to Penrose & Nth-bnd from Highbrook. AVOID. Use other routes. More: https://t.co/mlvGxP2E2y ^TP
— NZTA Akld & Nthlnd (@NZTAAkl) May 9, 2016

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