Stretch of Lougheed Highway closed due to incident involving crane

Update, Jan. 27:  Roughly 24 hours after their initial post about the road closure, Burnaby RCMP said on social media that the stretch of highway had reopened. The original story follows.

Drivers travelling along Lougheed Highway in Burnaby were rerouted Friday afternoon over an incident involving a crane.

Burnaby RCMP said on social media at about 1:30 p.m. the route was closed between Gilmore and Madison avenues, just east of Boundary Road.

"Police are on scene re-routing traffic and pedestrians away from the area," the post said. "This is not a police incident, we are on scene for traffic and public safety."

WorkSafeBC confirmed with CTV News Vancouver it was investigating the issue, saying it was notified of an "incident involving a crane" on Thursday afternoon. A team went to the work site at about 5:30 p.m. and issued a stop-work order for the tower crane and the derrick.

A stop-work order was also issued for a public road closure, the agency said, adding that it's been working in partnership with Burnaby RCMP.

Mounties did not give an estimate of when the road would reopen.