{"id":454459,"date":"2026-10-02T17:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/454459\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T17:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:38:09","slug":"18-wheeler-strikes-bridge-shuts-down-southbound-i-35-in-downtown-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/454459\/","title":{"rendered":"18-wheeler strikes bridge, shuts down southbound I-35 in downtown Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Southbound I-35 is shut down in downtown Austin after an 18-wheeler struck a bridge, according to the Austin Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>All southbound lanes are closed at 11th and 12th streets, with traffic getting by only on the far right shoulder, police said. <\/p>\n<p>The roadway will not reopen until the Texas Department of Transportation determines it is safe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/lcra-opens-starke-dam-floodgate-as-llano-river-floodwater-moves-downstream\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO | LCRA opens floodgates at Starcke and Wirtz dams after heavy rainfall<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Drivers should expect delays and plan alternate routes.<\/p>\n<p>CBS Austin reached out to Austin-Travis County EMS to determine if anyone was injured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Southbound I-35 is shut down in downtown Austin after an 18-wheeler struck a bridge, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-454459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454459","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=454459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}