Highway reopens, 5 hours after 18-wheeler wreck

Workers position a tow rig, left, to clear an overturned truck full of lumber on the curved exit ramp from I 35 south to I 10 west just north of downtown. Thursday Feb. 6. 30, 2014. Workers position a tow rig, left, to clear an overturned truck full of lumber on the curved exit ramp from I 35 south to I 10 west just north of downtown. Thursday Feb. 6. 30, 2014. Photo: Bob Owen, San Antonio Express-News Photo: Bob Owen, San Antonio Express-News Image 1 of / 6 Caption Close Highway reopens, 5 hours after 18-wheeler wreck 1 / 6 Back to Gallery

SAN ANTONIO — An overturned tractor-trailer resulted Thursday afternoon in the closure of both northbound and southbound ramps from Interstate 35 to westbound Interstate 10 near downtown.

The roadway was closed from about 3 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. as crews cleared the roadway of wreckage, leaking diesel fuel and about 18,000 pounds of lumber that had been loaded on the vehicle, officials said.

In addition to the two ramps from I-35, the I-10W entrance ramp at Elmira and the entrance ramp from Cesar Chavez Boulevard to northbound I-35 were also closed during the clean-up, police said.

Staff Writer Mark D. Wilson contributed to this report.

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