A traffic hazard has been reported on a major freeway corridor serving Precinct 1 communities including Midtown, Downtown, Spring Branch, and the Heights on Friday during off-peak hours.
Visibility was reduced to 6.2 miles under broken cloud cover with temperatures at 78°F at the time of the incident.
This corridor has logged 56 incidents over the past 30 days. Peak activity on this stretch typically occurs between 5 PM–6 PM (8 incidents), with Sundays recording the highest daily count at 17 incidents.
**LTA Newsroom**
**Update (4:10 AM CT):** The major crash at 9 W GREENS RD @ 12501 NORTH FWY IB, first reported at 8:07 PM, has cleared after more than 8 hours. All lanes have reopened and normal traffic flow has resumed in the area.
The location had seen 54 crashes in the 30 days leading up to this incident.
Since this crash, 13 more incidents have occurred at this location. 6 have been logged as major collisions.
Crashes have come less often at this location since this incident.
A run of crashes occurred over a span of days.
Those numbers rank the location among the most incident-heavy stretches nearby.
Through May 29, 2026.
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