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*
This wasn't the first crash at the location — 96 had been recorded in the previous 30 days.
232 crashes have followed this incident at the same location. Of the crashes since, 124 were classified as major.
The recent run shows crashes coming slower than before.
Multiple crashes piled up over consecutive days.
The full count places this location among the top crash sites in the county.
Through August 23, 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.