A crash on SH-249 Tomball Parkway northbound at Grant Road left the left shoulder blocked at 1:22 PM on Tuesday, November 3rd, according to Houston TranStar.
The left shoulder remained closed as of the latest report. Northbound traffic on the segment can use Kuykendahl Road or Stuebner Airline as alternates.
This location has seen recurring incidents. According to LTA real-time incident data, SH-249 at Grant Road recorded 9 incidents over the past 30 days, with 6 classified as major. Over a 12-month period, the corridor logged 107 total incidents and 43 major crashes, per TxDOT CRIS public crash records.
Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor cited in 107 crashes at this location, according to state crash records from the Texas Department of Transportation. The corridor has also seen a 7.6% hit-and-run rate among units involved in crashes over the past several years.
Conditions at the time of the crash were clear, with temperatures around 68 degrees.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through November 4, 2026.
SH-249 Tomball Parkway Northbound at Grant Rd
Harris County, Texas
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