{"id":174495,"date":"2025-08-25T14:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T14:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/174495\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T14:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T14:09:08","slug":"highway-290-crash-shuts-down-lanes-near-west-rd-life-flight-called","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/174495\/","title":{"rendered":"Highway 290 crash shuts down lanes near West Rd; Life Flight called"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A truck lost its load of bricks in a crash on US-290 near West Road, shutting down all mainlanes. Life Flight was called to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>HARRIS COUNTY, Texas \u2014 A major traffic alert for drivers on Houston\u2019s northwest side this morning: all mainlanes of Highway 290 westbound are shut down before West Road after an 18-wheeler lost its load in a crash.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the crash happened around 7:43 a.m. and involved a lost load of bricks. Crews have also called in Life Flight to the scene, underscoring the severity of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>At this time, all mainlanes, shoulders, and three opposing mainlanes are blocked, according to Houston TranStar. Drivers should expect major delays in the area.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAlternate routes for drivers                    <\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re heading westbound on Highway 290 this morning, you\u2019ll want to plan ahead:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exit before West Road and take frontage roads where possible.<\/li>\n<li>Consider using Beltway 8 to connect southbound toward I-10 or northbound toward Highway 249 as alternate options.<\/li>\n<li>FM 1960 and West Little York can also serve as detours to reconnect with 290 beyond the crash site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nWhat\u2019s next                    <\/p>\n<p>Authorities are working to clear the wreckage and spilled load, but there\u2019s no word yet on how long the closure will last.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. We\u2019ll update as soon as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                                    &#13;\n                                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A truck lost its load of bricks in a crash on US-290 near West Road, shutting down all&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":174496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4345,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-174495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-texas","10":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115089805349519174","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}