A minor crash occurred Friday on a major freeway corridor serving the Spring Branch, Heights, Greenspoint, Garden Oaks, Montrose, Midtown, and Downtown areas during off-peak hours.
The corridor has logged 115 incidents over the past 30 days. Friday's crash adds to a pattern where this stretch sees peak activity between 12 PM-1 PM (19 incidents) and heaviest volume on Mondays (38 incidents). Weather conditions at time of incident: broken clouds, 88°F, 6.2-mile visibility.
—*LTA Newsroom*
**Update (10:50 PM CT):** The major crash at 1989.5 SOUTHWEST FWY IB @ SHEPHERD ENTR RAMP, first reported at 2:46 PM, has cleared after more than 8 hours. All lanes have reopened and normal traffic flow has resumed in the area.
This wasn't the first crash at the location — 114 had been recorded in the previous 30 days.
Since then, the location has recorded 55 additional crashes. Major collisions accounted for 25 of those incidents.
Incidents have arrived less frequently at this location since.
Three of those crashes fell within a single week.
Combined, those numbers put the location among the most active in the county.
Counts run through May 28, 2026.
1989.5 SOUTHWEST FWY IB @ SHEPHERD ENTR RAMP
Harris County, Texas
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