{"id":96879,"date":"2025-12-22T07:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T07:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/96879\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T07:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T07:29:09","slug":"crash-knocks-down-freeway-sign-bridge-closes-i-10-in-central-el-paso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/96879\/","title":{"rendered":"Crash knocks down freeway sign bridge, closes I-10 in Central El Paso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A rollover crash knocked down an overhead traffic sign and closed a portion of Interstate 10 in Central El Paso on Sunday night, according to Texas Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two people were transported to a hospital with undisclosed injuries following the crash, which occurred about 8:15 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21, on eastbound I-10 near Paisano Drive, El Paso police said in a media message.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"An overhead sign bridge was knocked down in a crash on Interstate 10 East near Paisano Drive before reaching the Bassett Place area in Central El Paso on Sunday night, Dec. 21, 2025.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"636\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/43a2e4e629d282d8db8cfcc1b829b3ae.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>An overhead sign bridge was knocked down in a crash on Interstate 10 East near Paisano Drive before reaching the Bassett Place area in Central El Paso on Sunday night, Dec. 21, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">TxDOT highway cameras showed a heavily damaged freeway signage and what appeared to be a vehicle off the highway on Gateway East Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The eastbound lanes of I-10 are closed as well as Gateway East Boulevard and Paisano Drive and the U.S. 54 North and South ramps onto I-10 at the Spaghetti Bowl, the transportation department reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">TxDOT and contractor crews are dealing with the damage to the overhead sign bridge and a long term closure is expected until further notice. Drivers are advised to seek alternate routes and expect delays.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"An overhead sign bridge was knocked down in a crash on Interstate 10 East near Paisano Drive before reaching the Bassett Place area in Central El Paso on Sunday night, Dec. 21, 2025.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"627\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08cb9eff22feded3b0ccfa9f4fb4551e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>An overhead sign bridge was knocked down in a crash on Interstate 10 East near Paisano Drive before reaching the Bassett Place area in Central El Paso on Sunday night, Dec. 21, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@elpasotimes.com and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BorundaDaniel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@BorundaDaniel;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@BorundaDaniel<\/a>\u00a0on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elpasotimes.com\/story\/news\/traffic\/2025\/12\/21\/el-paso-traffic-accident-crash-closes-i-10-freeway-knocks-down-sign\/87878968007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:El Paso crash knocks down highway sign bridge, closes I-10 freeway;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">El Paso crash knocks down highway sign bridge, closes I-10 freeway<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A rollover crash knocked down an overhead traffic sign and closed a portion of Interstate 10 in Central&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[22820,44741,138,140,139,7946,44740,9237,44739],"class_list":["post-96879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-central-el-paso","tag-eastbound-lanes","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-interstate-10","tag-overhead-sign","tag-texas-department-of-transportation","tag-traffic-sign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96879","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=96879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}