I-5 closure south of Olympia backs up traffic for hours Monday

UPDATE, 11:19 p.m.: WSDOT officials said all lanes of southbound I-5 have reopened.

10:49 p.m.: All lanes of northbound I-5 have reopened.

6:45 p.m.: WSDOT officials said southbound I-5 will remain closed. Crews have temporarily reopened a portion of SB I-5 in order to let driver through. Once all drivers are through, crews will close southbound lanes again.

Drivers can take a detour around the crash scene through 93rd Avenue in Tumwater and State Route 121 in Maytown.

Crews will work late into the night to fully reopen the highway.

5:45 p.m.: All but one northbound lane were reopened, though traffic was moving slowly around the scene.

5:26 p.m.: Two fo the four semi trucks were removed and crews were pushing lumber out of the way.

4:47 p.m.: One northbound lane is back open. Southbound lanes are still blocked and drivers are advised to use the detour mapped below.

ORIGINAL TEXT: All lanes of Interstate 5 were blocked Monday afternoon about 12 miles south of Olympia after a crash involving multiple semi trucks.

Watch a livestream below, a see a map of a detour below the live player. No serious injuries were reported.

You can get traffic updates as push alerts with the KIRO 7 News App.

The crash happened shortly after 1 p.m. The crash occurred about 10 miles north of Grand Mound

Here's a way to get around the crash (marked with the green dot). Use SR 121/Maytown and 93rd Avenue for both directions. pic.twitter.com/rXqyBp1jBq
— WSDOT Tacoma Traffic (@wsdot_tacoma) October 21, 2019