Aalter (Brussels morning newspaper) – The bridge through the E40 highway in BlekkerviViStaat in Aalter will be closed to the public until at least tonight. An E40 bridge in the E40 was beaten by the wreck of an overloaded truck this morning. In view of the minimization of traffic interruptions on the highway, the road authority will not thoroughly verify the bridge until tonight.
In Blekkervijverstraat in Aalter, located in the Belgian province of East Flandes, the bridge on the E40 highway will be closed by the taste of traffic until tonight after a collision between an overloaded truck. The situation occurred this morning when a truck carrying a huge crane hit the bridge, and immediate security measures were tasks, as reported by VRT.
There were no problems with stability in the preliminary inspection, a deeper inspection will be carried out later tonight to avoid interrupting traffic in peak hours.
A truck that goes to Gante in the E40 this morning around 07:30 hit the bridge with its crane, exceeding the free space of height. The areas along the right lane of the highway were sealed for preliminary damage evaluations, without signs of structural instability as reported. Meanwhile, vehicular traffic on the bridge has stopped indefinitely.
To minimize significant interruptions, the duration of the day, an exhaustive inspection will begin around 22:00 and will need the closure of two lanes in the E40. At that time, only a lane that leads to Gante will remain open, which can have an impact on coastal return traffic. The inspection will take several hours.
The BlekkerviVestraat bridge in Aalter has a rich history in incidents that underlines the cause of the concern for the security of the bridge in the area. Althehe’s are not specific historical stories of the BlekkerviVestraat bridge, Aalter and their immediate surroundings have suffered several main accidents related to the bridge.
For example, in Belgium, recently, there were fatal collapses of bridges in construction and demolition, and there was the tragic collapse of the highway bridge in the Louvière in March 2025, which took a death and two injuries.
Following the same employer, other neighboring areas have been prone to the failure of the bridges that last their construction time. The collapse in the Netherlands in 2024 results in the death of workers, showing some of the associated hazards related to structural elevation and stability. These episodes highlight a continuous series of problems related to the safety of the construction and maintenance of infrastructure in Belgium and its immediate environment, which stresses that rigorous security procedures are needed to avoid new tragedies.
