Crash shuts down three lanes on I-270 NB in southwest St. Louis

ST. LOUIS, MO — A vehicle collision Monday night closed three right lanes on Interstate 270 northbound in southwest St. Louis, according to MoDOT STL Traffic.


The incident impacts the northbound lanes of I-270 near the Interstate 44 merge and was first reported at 11:45 p.m.

MoDOT STL initially reported only two right lanes were closed, but updated the closure to three right lanes.

The scene was expected to clear more than half an hour later at 12:38 a.m. the next day.

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