Forrest City, Ark. — The Arkansas Department of Transportation announced a backup on Interstate 40 on Tuesday after a chemical spill near Forrest City. Both occurred on the westbound lanes of the interstate.
UPDATE: As of 4:55 PM, the westbound lanes are still congested. Exit 241B on I-40 is still blocked. Traffic is still being rerouted to Exit 247.
UPDATE: As of 3:30 PM, the tractor trailer incident has been cleared but the westbound lanes are still blocked due to a chemical spill. ARDOT is still rerouting traffic to Exit 247.
According to IDriveArkansas, there are two incident along Interstate 40 and Highway 63. One area is reporting a chemical spill. ARDOT said that calcium carbide has spilled and they are diverting traffic to exit 247.
In addition, ARDOT is reporting a tractor-trailer has run off into the median and are diverting traffic as well.
