{"id":365847,"date":"2026-07-08T21:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/365847\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T21:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:09:09","slug":"traffic-backup-after-18-wheeler-hits-east-freeway-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/365847\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic backup after 18-wheeler hits East Freeway bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; Multiple lanes of the East Freeway are blocked off after an 18-wheeler struck a bridge over the highway.<\/p>\n<p>   Houston traffic: I-10 East bridge strike <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The accident happened on the westbound lanes of I-10 East <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/E+Freeway+Service+Rd+%26+Hwy+90+Alt,+Houston,+TX+77020\/@29.7786181,-95.3123481,14.25z\/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x8640bbf575286dd3:0xef8b5aeb01e98a88!8m2!3d29.777327!4d-95.2918186!16s%2Fg%2F11hb3x12xr?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDcwNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">close to Wayside Drive<\/a> and the Highway 90 exit.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Harris County Lt. Terry Garza said an 18-wheeler struck the bridge over the freeway and lost its load.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">A photo of the scene showed multiple right lanes blocked by first responders.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image_360-e1783540326476.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Drivers are told to find another route and\/or expect delays.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">There is no estimate of when the scene will clear out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Harris County Lieutenant Terry Garza<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/traffic\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Traffic<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/houston\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; Multiple lanes of the East Freeway are blocked off after an 18-wheeler struck a bridge over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,223,272,216,393],"class_list":["post-365847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-news","tag-traffic","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}