Three center lanes shut down on US-290 eastbound at Huffmeister Road at 5:35 AM Saturday, October 17, 2026, after a crash verified by Houston TranStar.
If you're heading eastbound on 290 this morning, FM 1960 or Cypress-Rosehill Road offer northwest routing. For inner segments, Hempstead Road is an option.
This stretch of 290 eastbound at Huffmeister has seen repeated impact over the past three months. According to LTA real-time incident data, the corridor logged 12 incidents in the past 90 days, 11 of them major crashes. Over the past 12 months, the count reached 53 total incidents. Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers, per TxDOT CRIS public crash records, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 272 crashes along this quarter-mile segment since January 2020.
Harris County recorded 11,703 incidents over the past 30 days, including 3 fatalities.
Conditions at incident time were clear, with few clouds and a temperature of 54°F.
Update (6:50 AM CT): The major crash at US-290 Northwest Eastbound at Huffmeister Road, first reported at 5:35 AM, has cleared after approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. All lanes have reopened and normal traffic flow has resumed in the area.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 17, 2026.
US-290 Northwest Eastbound at Huffmeister Rd
Harris County, Texas
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