AKRON, Ohio — Heavy traffic delays impacted drivers in Akron on Thursday morning as authorities closed all lanes of I-76 West at East Market Street (Route 18) due to a crash.
ODOT officials asked drivers to avoid the area until further notice. Traffic cameras show bumper-to-bumper traffic stretching for miles along I-76 West with major delays all the way back to Eastwood Avenue as of 9:15 a.m.
The highway finally reopened at approximately 12:15 p.m.
No additional details were immediately available, but stay with 3News as we will update this story once more information is released.
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Editor's note: Video in the player above was originally published in an unrelated traffic story on Feb. 23, 2022.
