PM Drive Late Update: A Three-Vehicle Crash in the Southwest Freeway's Center Lane and Eight Major Street Accidents
Houston TranStar's 6:07 p.m. board closes the drive with six freeway incidents - led by a three-vehicle accident in the center lane of IH-69 Southwest southbound and a Grand Parkway crash on the left lane and shoulder - plus 19 street incidents, eight of them majors, and four stalls.
The last hour of the evening drive brought the board's heaviest freeway incident to the Southwest Freeway. Houston TranStar's live file, updated at 6:07 p.m. Wednesday, listed an accident on IH-69 Southwest southbound before the IH-610 West Loop involving three vehicles, with the center lane affected, verified at 5:47 p.m. On SH-99, the Grand Parkway West southbound at Beckendorff Road, a two-vehicle accident verified at 6:01 p.m. was affecting the left shoulder and left lane, and on Beltway 8-South westbound at Bellfort a one-vehicle accident sat on the right shoulder, verified at 5:53 p.m.
Three earlier freeway items have cleared: the IH-610 South Loop eastbound accident before SH-225 (cleared 5:52 p.m.), road debris on IH-45 North southbound at Airtex Boulevard (cleared 5:59 p.m.), and the IH-45 northbound accident at Crighton Road in Montgomery County (cleared 6:03 p.m.).
The street board is the busiest part of the file: 19 street incidents, eight of them major accidents - Knoxville Street (5:50 p.m.), South Post Oak Road at West Fuqua Street (5:46 p.m.), El Camino Street, Eastland Street at Bonaire Street, and Beall Street at West Tidwell Road (all 5:33 p.m.), Lantern Point Drive at Murworth Drive (5:25 p.m.), South Kirkwood Road at Waldemar Drive (5:23 p.m.), and Buena Park Drive at Caribbean Lane (5:20 p.m.). Four stalls round out the board: IH-10 East westbound before Dell Dale Boulevard, a heavy truck on IH-610 North Loop westbound at Fulton, a heavy truck on the Hardy Toll Road northbound at Richey Road, and a stall on IH-69 Eastex southbound after FM-1960, detected at 6:05 p.m. TranStar reported no high water and no ice locations.
The standing closures have not changed. US-90 Alternate remains totally closed in both directions from Du Pont Street to Cullen Boulevard until further notice (listed through May 31, 2027), and the IH-10 Katy HOV lanes remain totally closed from Franklin Street to Studemont Street through July 1, 2027, with two outside westbound mainlanes closed from IH-45/Hogan to Studemont and alternating lane closures between Heights Boulevard and IH-45. FM-360 in Needville stays closed continuously, listed through November 13.
