{"id":405568,"date":"2026-08-13T15:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/405568\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T15:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:36:12","slug":"southbound-i35-in-austin-closed-for-law-enforcement-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/405568\/","title":{"rendered":"Southbound I35 in Austin closed for law enforcement incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An &#8220;active law enforcement incident&#8221; has prompted closures on Interstate 35.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Department of Transportation sent out a traffic alert shortly before 8 a.m. saying that all lanes of southbound I-35, both upper and lower decks, from U.S. 183 to Airport Boulevard are closed due to police activity.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TRAFFIC ALERT: Southbound I-35 from US 183 to Airport Blvd, all lanes closed, including both upper and lower decks due to police activity. Prepare for delays and seek alternative routes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TxDOT Austin (@TxDOTAustin) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TxDOTAustin\/status\/2087886578005782685?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Austin Police Department <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Austin_Police\/status\/2087882614979854513\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">originally said at 7:43 a.m.<\/a> that the upper deck would be closed for several hours because of an &#8220;active law enforcement incident involving DPS&#8221; but the lower deck would stay open.<\/p>\n<p>The agencies said to expect delays, avoid the area and look for alternative routes.<\/p>\n<p>KUT News has reached out to APD and the Texas Department of Public Safety for more information.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An &#8220;active law enforcement incident&#8221; has prompted closures on Interstate 35. The Texas Department of Transportation sent out&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,10533,270,4775,672,3174,272],"class_list":["post-405568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-austin-tx","tag-closure","tag-i-35","tag-police","tag-road","tag-traffic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405568","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=405568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}