Hauled Excavator Hits, Damage Overpass in New Mexico

March 11, 2025
Overpass suffers "significant" damage and is closed.

An overpass in New Mexico has been closed after an excavator being hauled in Interstate 10 near Lordsburg hit the structure, “significantly” damaging it, according to a report on KRQE (above).

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Images (below) show broken rebar hanging from the overpass and concrete chunks strewn across the roadway below. The excavator ended up on its side several yards past the overpass.