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Roads 511: Highway information in real time

Catch highway-traffic, -accident and -construction alerts from state DOTs and 511 services here. Bookmark this page for easy, repeat access or follow our Roads 511 list on Twitter.

March 1, 2016

Business

10 worst cities for traffic

California cities take three of the top 10 worst cities for truck drivers, according to navigation equipment manufacturer TomTom’s annual list of cities with the worst traffic.

January 22, 2016

Business

Oregon, Washington areas under state of emergency with flooding, sinkholes and slides

NB I-5 is back open following a landslide near Woodland, Wash., in the Southwest part of the state that closed it entirely on Wednesday; problems elsewhere continue to mount.

December 11, 2015

Business

Impossible dreams of obeying the law

Joys of rules and regs: “The Ohio DOT has re-opened a weigh station — on the right hand side of the road, mind you — in a construction zone that has signage for all big trucks to be in the left hand lane.”

December 2, 2015

Channel 19

New tool for the holiday road: Aggregated road alerts from Twitter

Introducing our new “Roads 511” list on Twitter, a central spot for live updates from state DOTs and 511 traffic sites posting timely updates from around the nation.

November 26, 2015

Business

I-10 closures beginning tonight in Phoenix

Closures this weekend and next near the I-10/I-17 interchange are to accommodate crews working on the Deck Park Tunnel in Phoenix.

October 16, 2015

Business

I-40 shutting down again in downtown Nashville this weekend

The closure with be in place today, Friday, at 8 p.m. through 6 a.m. Monday morning, Tennessee Department of Transportation officials say.

September 11, 2015

Business

After a month of closure, InDOT reopens I-65 NB at Wildcat Creek bridge

The Indiana Department of Transportation notified truckers and motorists that it had begun reopening the northbound lanes of I-65 between Lebanon and Lafayette. Construction continues on the route as part of a widening project

September 9, 2015

Business

Michigan: Nightly I-94 closure starts Friday, more highway haps

Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, to accommodate bridge removal I-94 in Michigan will be closed, with traffic rerouted off at Exit 92 and back to the interstate.

July 14, 2015

Business

‘High-speed trucking: Chicago rush hour’ from BigRigTravels’ Stephen Michaels

This video by BigRigTravels.com driver Stephen Michaels captures a run through Chicago at rush hour, at high speed (the video, not the truck).

June 5, 2015

Business

I-75 work continues in wake of Sunday Detroit tanker fire

The I-75 NB connector between the Fisher and Chrysler freeways expected to remain closed through Friday, May 29. And: Historic flooding in Okla., Texas continues to hamper travel. More updates here.

May 26, 2015

Business

Trucker almost hit by plane on I-285 speaks; EB and WB I-285 reopened to traffic

A small airplane crashed on I-285 in northeast Atlanta Friday morning. Trucker Gerald Smith, nearly hit by the plane, tells his story. As of 4 p.m. CDT, all lanes had reopened.

May 8, 2015