I-69 northbound reopens over 7 hours after 18-wheeler jackknifed at SH-288 near downtown Houston

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Tuesday, December 20, 2022
I-69 northbound at SH-288 shut down after semi crash
If this is your route near downtown, you'll want to avoid it as a crash involving a semi has had the freeway shut down for hours.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The northbound lanes of I-69 at SH-288 near downtown have reopened over seven hours after an 18-wheeler jackknifed on Tuesday morning.

Houston Transtar cameras showed the truck on its side before the crash was cleared.

The crash was first listed on Transtar's incidents page at 1:35 a.m. It finally cleared at 8:55 a.m.

It was unclear what exactly led up to the crash or if any injuries were reported.

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