A segment of westbound Portage Avenue in Winnipeg was blocked Tuesday afternoon after a semi truck apparently hit an overpass near Polo Park mall.

Traffic was backed up for several blocks in the area mid-afternoon, but Winnipeg police said in an email sent around 3:30 that traffic had returned to normal.

A semi with a badly damaged shipping container could be seen just west of the overpass near Empress Street, in front of the Earl's restaurant.

Gail Archer-Heese said she was travelling westbound, …