Traffic & Transit
Outer Loop Reopens In Bethesda After Truck Crash Thursday
A truck overturned on the Capital Beltway's Outer Loop early Thursday morning, leaking hot asphalt and resulting in a road closure.
BETHESDA, MD — The Outer Loop reopened to traffic late Thursday afternoon after a tractor-trailer carrying hot asphalt overturned on the Outer Loop in Bethesda early Thursday morning, requiring a hazmat team to respond and clean up the spillage.
The tractor-trailer crashed between Connecticut Avenue and Old Georgetown Road on the Outer Loop. The three left lanes between those exits were still closed Thursday morning and afternoon as crews worked to clean up.
Update: Montgomery County; cleanup continues on I-495 at Exit 35 I-270 after overturned TT crash this morning spilled liquid asphalt. The three left lanes remain closed. Ramp to NB I-270 north is open. Exit 35 remains open. #mdtraffic #mdotnews tr pic.twitter.com/X6mMSgW7EG
— MD State Highway Adm (@MDSHA) July 1, 2021
The driver of the tractor-trailer was taken to the hospital, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer said in a tweet.
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Update - OL I495 beltway near split/exit NB I270 between Connecticut Avenue and Old Georgetown Road, traffic diverted onto Rt355 (NB/SB), @mcfrs hazmat operations & @mdsha (MD Dept Environment) MDE clean up continuing, all lanes blocked, ‘sticky situation’ @MDSP on scene https://t.co/S1vDKuJysR pic.twitter.com/h66DCaBsPQ
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) July 1, 2021
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