This isn't really about a Calgary road, but it's very close.
I've been working at a construction site in Airdrie, and yesterday, sometime around mid-morning, a truck/crane travelling southbound on the QE2 hit the bridge near Balzac, apparently tearing out quite a large amount of concrete and exposing the rebar. I didn't see it in person, so I'm not sure how bad the damage was, nor am I sure what vehicle actually hit it. Some people had said it was a mobile crane, others said it was a truck with a crane on it, or it even could have been a flatbed with a backhoe for all I know.
The southbound lanes were closed for the rest of the day and traffic was diverted up the off ramp on the west side of the bridge and back down the ramp to continue south. Traffic was backed up all the way through Airdrie, and I'm not sure how much further north, but I imagine quite a ways.
We were allowed to leave early so I decided to take the scenic route through Symons Valley to get home. When I got back into Calgary and began to merge from Beddington onto Deerfoot, I found Deerfoot to be incredibly clogged. I had thought the road would be rather empty considering it was down to one lane up and over an interchange just a few miles north of me, however when I turned on the radio, I heard that southbound QE2 had just been reopened a few moments before. Apparently just long enough for the clog to get ahead of me.
And yes, I live downtown and currently work in Airdrie. How's that for bucking the trend?