{"id":445722,"date":"2026-09-24T01:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/445722\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T01:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:28:09","slug":"highway-287-in-fort-worth-shut-down-in-both-directions-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/445722\/","title":{"rendered":"Highway 287 in Fort Worth shut down in both directions \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Highway 287 between Berry Street and Willbarger Street is shut down in both directions on Wednesday evening. <\/p>\n<p>Fort Worth Police say they responded to a report of a garbage truck that struck an overpass at southbound US 287 and Erath Street. <\/p>\n<p>The driver of the truck died of injuries from the accident, according to FWPD. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Untitled-design-3.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"Garbage truck hits overpass on Highway 287 in Fort Worth\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tFrancisco ZunigaFrancisco Zuniga<\/p>\n<p>Garbage truck hits overpass on Highway 287 in Fort Worth<\/p>\n<p>Drivers northbound on US 287 are being forced to exit at Miller Street, and drivers southbound are being forced ot exit at Berry Street. <\/p>\n<p>The Texas Department of Transportation posted a message on social media advising drivers to seek alternate routes this evening. <\/p>\n<p>It is unclear why the highway is shut down and how long it will remain closed. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">US 287, both directions, is closed at Berry Street\/Wilbarger Street. Alternate routes advised.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 @txdotfortworth (@TxDOTFortWorth) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TxDOTFortWorth\/status\/2102907356162019674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check back and refresh this page for the latest updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Highway 287 between Berry Street and Willbarger Street is shut down in both directions on Wednesday evening. Fort&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-445722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445722","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=445722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}