 It was quite an engineering feat to get a 78,000-pound beam and the truck carrying it off I-17. But Steve Elliott with the Arizona Department of Transportation says with the right equipment, they were able to handle the situation over the weekend. I brought in two heavy cranes, a large flatbed, and lifted and placed that beam onto the flatbed and hauled it out. The highway had to be closed down last night from 8 o'clock for the next eight or nine hours to finish the job. Connie Weber, Arizona News Radio.