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Overturned tractor-trailer causes hours-long closure of on-ramp from Lewis to Eastbound I-44

As of 8:15, the truck was removed from the ramp and the ramp was reopened to traffic.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — An overturned tractor-trailer caused an hours-long closure of an on ramp to Interstate 44 in St. Louis County Friday.

According to the Missouri Department of Transportation, the on ramp from Lewis Road to eastbound I-44 was closed starting at about 2 a.m.  As of 8:15, the truck was removed from the ramp and the ramp was reopened to traffic.

Video from a MoDOT traffic camera showed emergency crews using a crane to tip the truck back onto the road earlier in the morning.

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