A hazmat spill and heavy truck involvement closed the frontage road exit ramp on Beltway 8-North eastbound at Lee Road on Friday, November 06, 2026, at 3:39 PM, according to Houston TranStar.
Responding officers secured the incident. If you're heading eastbound on the Beltway in that area, expect the frontage road exit to remain inaccessible while cleanup and investigation proceed.
This location has been active. According to LTA real-time incident data, Beltway 8-North eastbound at Lee Road recorded 17 incidents in the past 30 days, with 8 classified as major. Over the past 90 days, the corridor logged 30 total incidents, 18 of them major. In the past 12 months, the location has seen 102 incidents overall, with 62 major events and 1 fatality.
CRIS historical records from the Texas Department of Transportation show 806 crashes within about a quarter-mile of this corridor since January 2020, with 2 fatalities recorded over that span. Contributing factors as recorded by the investigating officer, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 353 crashes.
The nearby interchanges at IH-10, US-290, and IH-45 offer alternative routing around this segment while the Beltway ramp remains closed.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through November 6, 2026.
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