You’ve heard the lyrics: “Our house/in the middle of the street,” by Madness, right? The song came out in 1982 about nostalgia for growing up in a childhood home. But a recent incident on an Arizona highway took the lyrics quite literally. Oddly, an actual house stopped in the center of the narrow road. Established cement barriers prevented the trailing line of traffic from passing or turning around.

According to the official X account for the Arizona Department of Transportation, a mobile home fell from the back of a truck.

The driver seemingly underestimated the size of the load and assumed the mobile home would be able to fit through the concrete barriers. The post went up at 1:50 p.m., and the follow-up post about the home’s removal was up after 4 p.m.

I-10 WB ramp to US 60 EB: An oversized load is blocking the ramp. pic.twitter.com/ZqUTq8zQER

— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) November 6, 2024

Drivers were stuck behind someone’s house for roughly three hours before it could be removed and the traffic jam let loose. We hope no one had to use the bathroom during that time, since it was impossible to squeeze past it or turn around.

Thankfully, locals following the page saw the opportunity to make light of the traffic jam with some dad jokes. 

“When someone says, ‘I’m moving down the street, this is what they mean,” a viewer wrote. 

Another user couldn’t help but wonder how the driver didn’t know construction was going on.

“Isn’t this your fault, ADOT? How long has this construction been going on?” 

Others wondered why the pilot car didn’t warn the driver. 

“The pilot car had one job,” one comment read, followed by a face-palm emoji.