A major crash brought southbound traffic on IH-69 Eastex to a standstill Monday afternoon. The collision happened at Texas Avenue around 1:42 PM, forcing crews to close lanes while they worked the scene.
The backup stretched quick—if you were heading south on the Eastex, you hit a wall. This is one of those incidents that ripples across the whole corridor. Southbound commuters looking to move had to find another way.
According to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, this location has seen serious trouble lately. In the past 30 days, five incidents have hit this stretch of IH-69 Eastex at Texas Avenue, and all of them were major crashes. Over the past 90 days, that number climbs to 16 major incidents at the same location.
If you needed to get around the closure, your best bets were the US-59 frontage roads running north-south, or if you were headed southwest, Hillcroft or Fondren would've worked as alternates. For southbound drivers with flexibility, SH-288 offered another south option.
The incident was cleared, and traffic began flowing again as crews wrapped up their response. Check current conditions before heading out that way—the afternoon peak was still building when this hit, so residual delays may linger into early evening.
IH-69 Eastex Southbound at Texas Ave
Harris County, Texas
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