A major freeway corridor serving Spring Branch, Heights, Greenspoint, Garden Oaks, Montrose, Midtown, and Downtown is running at extreme congestion levels during Friday rush hour.
The corridor has logged 88 incidents over the past 30 days, with crashes as the dominant incident type. Today's Friday rush is contributing to the 25% of daily traffic concentrated on this stretch. Peak crash activity typically occurs between 10 AM–11 AM, though off-peak periods historically see the highest volume overall.
**Alternate routes:** Hardy Toll Road, SH-249 northwest, or local routes via Airline Drive.
Current conditions are clear with 6.2-mile visibility and 85°F temperatures.
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*LTA Newsroom*
In the month preceding this crash, 96 incidents had been documented here.
Since then, the location has recorded 41 additional crashes. 25 carried major-severity classification.
The pace has eased at this location in the time since.
Multiple crashes piled up over consecutive days.
Combined, those incidents make this one of the highest-volume crash locations in the area.
Data current as of May 27, 2026.
This report was produced by LTA's editor-designed production system under the executive editorial direction of Dennis R. Mundy, Executive Editor. The system combines our proprietary data pipeline with AI-assisted drafting to deliver verified incident coverage to LTA's editorial standards.