Drivers on a New Jersey highway had a brush with the “Globe of Death.”

A circus’ huge motorcycle stunt cage was sent flying across a roadway in the town of Jefferson on Wednesday afternoon after it fell from a trailer that was transporting it, according to the New Jersey Herald.

Authorities said the 16-foot metal sphere owned by the Cycle Circus Live and dubbed the “Globe of Death” was headed to a show at Yogi Berra Stadium in Little Falls when the truck struck a guardrail around 1:30 p.m.

As the truck veered across the roadway, the massive attraction and other circus props were sent tumbling off the trailer.

“Everyone was saying it sounded like an explosion. One witness said (the metal) was flying all over the place and over cars,” Jefferson police Detective Joseph Kratzel told the New Jersey Herald.

No one was injured in the crash, which snarled southbound traffic. But the incident was a “heartbreaking” loss for members of the circus.

“To the average person, it’s a big steel ball. It may be entertaining to watch,” said Johnny Rockett, the founder of Cycle Circus Live. “For us, we have to risk our lives in there. You get accustomed to something. You get used it.”

Rockett, who designs most of the show’s apparatuses, said the massive sphere was special.

“I put all my hard work, my effort into designing it, and seeing it down in the ditch, possibly mangled past the repair, it’s definitely heartbreaking,” Rockett told The Post.

Still, the show must go on. A replacement “Globe of Death” will appear in circus acts scheduled over the weekend.

“This weekend is going to be a new feeling,” said Rockett, who also performs stunts. “It’s going to be more dangerous, but that’s part of the excitement.”