Downed concrete and pothole issue sparks heavy delays on Southwest Freeway, video shows

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Drivers along the Southwest Freeway could face heavy delays on Wednesday morning as there are two separate incidents causing large backups.

The first incident is along the HOV overpass lanes of the Southwest Freeway at Beltway 8. SkyEye was over the scene, which showed what appears to be a large piece of concrete wall that was struck, sending a large chunk of it onto the northbound main lanes of the freeway.

Footage of that scene showed traffic backed up for miles.

The second incident is at Williams Trace. Sugar Land police said that due to a large pothole on the northbound lanes of Southwest Freeway at Williams Traces Blvd., the HOVE and most left lanes are shut down.

“TxDOT crews are en route to make repairs. We’ll provide updates as they become available,” Sugar Land police said.

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